Place of birth
British
Nationality
British
QUALIFICATIONS
- Glenealy Junior School Hong Kong 1965 -1971
- Hong Kong Island School 1971-1974
- King William’s College Isle of Man 1974-1978
- Bachelor of Law Newcastle Upon Tyne University 1981
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales 1982
- Litigation Department Slaughter and May solicitors London 1982
- Called to the Bar of the Isle of Man 1984
- George Johnson Law Prize for essay on Precedent in Manx Law
- Partner at Dickinson, Cruickshank & Co Advocates 1985 – 2003 dealing principally with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters becoming Head of Commercial Department
- Contributions to Solly’s Government and Law in the Isle of Man (1994)
- Contributions to Solly’s Isle of Man Partnership Law (1996)
- Member of the Governing Council of the Isle of Man Law Society 1997 – 2003
- Chairman Law Society Education Committee 1997 – 2003
- Chairman Law Society Human Rights Committee 2001 – 2003
- Member of the Isle of Man Government’s Corporate Services Review Committee 2001 – 2003
- Part-time Deputy High Bailiff (District Judge) and Coroner of Inquests 2002 – 2003
- Elected Vice President Isle of Man Law Society 2003
- Her Majesty’s Second Deemster (Deputy Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division from 2003 – 2010
- Her Majesty’s First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls (Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division and Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man from 2010 – 2018
- Elected Bencher Gray’s Inn 2011
- Judge of Appeal of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey from 2015 – 2018
- From 2007 onwards presented various lectures in Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere on the rule of law and judging ( some of which are available at courts.im)
- 2018 to 2021: Senior Legal Adviser within the litigation department at Cains Advocates Isle of Man dealing with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters
- Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association
- Awarded CBE in The Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours for services to the law and the administration of justice