Judge of Appeal (Isle of Man)

The Judge of Appeal is a judge in the Isle of Man High Court who only sits in the Staff of Government Division, the appeal court.

The position was created by the Judicature (Amendment) Act 1918 which also amalgamated the offices of First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls. The judge must be an English King's Counsel.

The current Judge of Appeal is Jeremy Storey KC; formerly a part-time position, this has been full-time since 2017.

Judges of Appeal Sir Francis Taylor KBE KC, 1918–1921 Arthur Ashton KC, 1921–1925 Ernest Wingate-Saul KC, 1925–1928 John Singleton KC, 1928–1933 Major Harold Derbyshire MC KC, 1933–1936 Robert Kingsley Chappell KC, 1936–1938 John Morris CBE MC KC, 1938–1947 Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Barry MC KC, 1947–1950 Denis Gerrard QC, 1950–1953 Neville Laski QC, 1953–1956 Robertson Crichton QC, 1956–1961 Daniel Brabin MC QC, 1961–1962 Joseph Cantley OBE QC, 1962–1965 Major Richard Bingham TD QC, 1965–1972 Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Clothier QC, 1972–1979 Iain Glidewell QC, 1979–1980 Benet Hytner QC, 1980–1997 Geoffrey Tattersall QC, 1997–2017 Jeremy Storey KC, 2017–Present

See also Deemster Isle of Man High Court Clerk of the Rolls Manx Judiciary

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