Court of Appeal of Jersey
Members of the Court of Appeal are appointed under the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961. The Court of Appeal sits for seven to eight weeks during the year.
Current members of the Court of Appeal of Jersey
Former members of the Court of Appeal of Jersey
Sir Godfray Le Quesne QC (1964–97) Lord Ackner (1967–71), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Jauncy of Tullichettle (1972–79), subsequently a member of the judiciary in Scotland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Rt Hon Sir Roger Parker (1974–77), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales Lord Browne Wilkinson (1976–77) Rt Hon Sir Martin Nourse (1977–80), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal Lord Neill of Bladon QC (1977–94) Lord Clyde (1979–85), subsequently a member of the judiciary in Scotland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary His Honour Henry Pownall (1980–84), subsequently a Permanent Judge at the Central Criminal Court in England Lord Hoffmann (1980–1985), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Alexander of Weedon QC Sir David Calcutt QC Rt Hon Sir John Chadwick (1986–93), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC (1988–96) Sir Sydney Kentridge QC (1988–92) Rt Hon Lord Hamilton (1988–95), subsequently Lord Justice General in Scotland Lord Carlisle of Bucklow QC (1990–99) Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE (1993–2004), subsequently a judge of the High Court of England and Wales Richard Southwell QC (1994–2005) Lord Clarke (1995–2000), subsequently a member of the judiciary in Scotland Sir John Goldring (1998–99), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Senior Presiding Judge in England and Wales Sir Michael Tugendhat (2000–03), subsequently a judge of the High Court of England and Wales Rt Hon Sir Charles Mantell (-2007) Kenneth Rokison QC (-2007), subsequently an international commercial arbitrator Sir Geoffrey Vos (2005–09) a former chairman of the Bar of England and Wales and subsequently a judge of the High Court of England and Wales Peter David Smith QC (1996–2010), a barrister practising in Northern Ireland, where he served as a member of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland and as the chairman of the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland Jonathan Sumption QC (1995–2011) was a London-based barrister practising from Brick Court Chambers, specialising in commercial, European Union and public law. In 2011 he became the first practitioner to be appointed directly to the United Kingdom Supreme Court. David Vaughan QC (appointed 2000), a London-based practitioner at Brick Court Chambers specialising in European Union law Dame Heather Steel DBE (2004–2012), High Court judge, England and Wales (Queen's Bench Division) 1993–2001
Bailiff and Deputy Bailiff of Jersey
Current Bailiff and Deputy Bailiff
Former Bailiffs and Deputy Bailiffs
The Deputy Bailiff (Appointment and Functions) (Jersey) Law 1958 created the office of Deputy Bailiff to cope with the Bailiff's increasing workload. The list below is of holders of the office of Deputy Bailiff who were not subsequently appointed as Bailiff. 1962-1968 Francis de Lisle Bois OBE 1986-1992 Vernon Tomes
Commissioners of the Royal Court
Under the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948, Part II, Commissioners of the Royal Court are appointed by the Bailiff for the hearing of a specified cause or matter or a specified term.
Current Commissioners of the Royal Court
Former Commissioners of the Royal Court
Sir Richard Tucker (2003-July 2010), a retired High Court judge. He 'was initially appointed for a number of individual cases but in April 2004 was appointed for 12 months', an appointment that was renewed annually until his 80th birthday. Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (2006–2009) Sir Philip Bailhache (2009-July 2011), a retired Bailiff of Jersey Lord Sumption OBE PC QC. Already serving as a judge of the Jersey Court of Appeal, he was appointed as a Commissioner of the Royal Court in December 2010 but stated his intention to relinquish his judicial appointments in Jersey before he took his seat on the UK Supreme Court.
Jurats
The Jurats are lay people who are the judges of fact when the Royal Court sits as the Inferior Number, and also pass sentence in criminal matters heard by the Royal Court. They hold office until the age of 72.
Current Jurats
The current Jurats are as follows: