Attorney general is appointed as deputy bailiff

Mark Temple moved to Jersey in 2003

Attorney General Mark Temple has been appointed Jersey's new deputy bailiff.

King Charles III approved the appointment, which was announced in the States Assembly.

Mr Temple succeeds Robert MacRae and said the appointment was a "great honour".

Bailiff Delegate Mr MacRae said his successor "has served the island as a law officer for 10 years and I have every confidence that his experience and attributes will serve him well as a judge of the Royal Court and a presiding officer of the States Assembly".

Mr Temple said he looked forward "to supporting the work of the bailiff and the Bailiff's Chambers, to working with the jurats of the Royal Court, States members, and the Judicial and States Greffe".

The deputy bailiff is a key member of the Royal Court and trials may be heard before the bailiff, the deputy bailiff or a commissioner.

Mr Temple moved to Jersey in 2003, and was admitted as an advocate in 2005, and became an accredited mediator.

He specialised in litigation and dispute resolution in private practice in Jersey and was appointed a Queen's Counsel, now King's Counsel, in 2015.

Mr Temple served as the island's solicitor general between 2015 and 2020, when he became attorney general.