New Judge of Appeal sworn in

Wed, 11 Oct 2017

Judge of Appeal Jeremy Storey receives his Warrant of Appointment from the Island's Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Gozney.

The Island's new Judge of Appeal has been formally sworn in to his new role.

Jeremy Storey QC has taken the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Deemster in a ceremony at Government House.

Mr Storey has been a QC since 1994, and has worked as an Acting Deemster since 1999.

He is the first Judge of Appeal to be appointed on a full-time basis, and takes over the role from Geoffrey Tattersall.