A group of young men battling to get the military draft outlawed have filed an appeal against their Supreme Court defeat.

Last month Chief Justice Richard Ground ruled that the policy, which sees male conscripts picked through a ballot to serve in the Regiment, does not break the law.

The news was greeted with disappointment from the 14 campaigners known collectively as Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD), who had argued through lawyer Delroy Duncan that conscription is "immoral and unlawful".

The group, which wishes to see the Regiment rely purely on volunteers, will now take their case to the Court of Appeal. A date for the hearing is yet to be announced.

BAD leader Larry Marshall Sr. has said in the past that he does not expect the courts in Bermuda to overturn the policy, which has existed in its modern form for five decades. However, he has vowed to head to the Privy Council in London, the Island's highest court of appeal, if necessary.