Place of birth: United Kingdom

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 (LL.B) 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, 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, 2010 – 2018;
• Elected Bencher, Gray’s Inn, 2011;
• Judge of Appeal of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, 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