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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 19th JANUARY 2016

Question

Will the Chief Minister advise members for the year 2015:

  1. how many Chairmen of States appointed bodies are lawyers and from which law firms, identifying which bodies, and, if remunerated, the sums paid; and,
  2. how many members of States appointed bodies are lawyers and from which law firms, identifying which bodies, and, if remunerated, the sums paid?"

Answer

This answer refers to the States appointed bodies listed in Part C of the Constitution of the States of Jersey http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/States%20Assembly/Constitution%20of%20t he%20States%20of%20Jersey.pdf

Some States appointed bodies include States Members, Law Officers, or members of staff who are qualified lawyers, and these have not been included.

Much of this information is publicly available in the relevant States Assembly propositions or Ministerial Decisions, some of which are listed below.

 

Body

Position

Law Firm

Remuneration

Health & Safety Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Benest & Syvret

Honorary position

Jersey Employment & Discrimination Tribunal

Chair

N/A

£736.00 daily rate

Deputy Chair

Davies & Ingram Advocates

£552.00 daily rate

Deputy Chair

Hatstone lawyers

Deputy Chair

N/A

2 x lay members

N/A

£97.00 daily rate

Social Security Tribunal

Chair

Vibert s

£440.00 daily rate

Deputy Chair

LWR Law

Social Security Medical Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Vibert s

£440.00 daily rate

Income Support Medical Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Vibert s

£440.00 daily rate

Deputy Chair

N/A

£440.00 daily rate

 

Body

Position

  1. Lawyer
  2. Law Firm (as at appointment)
  1. Remunerated Role?
  2. Sum

Jersey Law Commission

Chair

  1. Jersey Solicitor
  2. Ogier[1]
  1. No
  2. N/A

 

Commissioner

  1. Jersey Solicitor
  2. Le Gallais & Luce [2]
  1. No
  2. N/A

 

Commissioner

  1. English Barrister
  2. N/A[3]
  1. No
  2. N/A

Jersey Police Authority

Chair

  1. Jersey Advocate
  2. Ogier[4]
  1. No
  2. n/a

 

Member

  1. Jersey Advocate
  2. Tremoceiro Advocates[5]
  1. No
  2. n/a

Jersey Police Complaints Authority

Chair

1) 2)

Jersey Advocate Retired

1)no

2) n/a

Community Relations Trust

Chair

  1. Advocate
  2. Mourants Ozannes
  1. No
  2. n/a

Jersey Consumer Council

Chair

  1. Advocate
  2. Vibert s

£10,000 per year

Channel Island Competition Regulatory Authority

Member

  1. Lawyer
  2. not working in private practice

£12,000 per year

Committee of Inquiry into Historic Child Abuse

Chair

  1. QC
  2. Deputy High Court Judge in Family Division, Crown Court Recorder, Mental Health Tribunal Judge Restricted Patients Panel, Master of the Bench at Gray's Inn, Chambers at 36 Bedford Row, London

Paid as set out by the Minister for Treasury and Resources in P118/2012 (Com.) (2)

States of Jersey Complaints Panel

Chair

Retired lawyer

No remuneration

 

Deputy Chair

Self-employed lawyer

No remuneration

Jersey Bank Depositors Compensation Board

Member

Advocate Howard law

No remuneration

(structure to change in 2016 with remuneration of £5,000 pa for new member, an advocate who works for Bedell Cristin)

Mental Health Review Tribunal

Chair

Advocate Ogier

£290 per sitting

 

Deputy Chair

Advocate Mourant Ozanne

£290 per sitting

Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC)

Commissioner

  1. Jersey Advocate
  2. Not practicing law

£26,000 per year (rate for locally based commissioner)

 

Commissioner

  1. Crown Advocate
  2. Baker and Partners (consultant)

£26,000 per year

 

 

 

Commissioner

1) 2)

English solicitor

Cameron McKenna (London)

£36,500 per year (rate for off- island commissioner)

Commissioners of the JFSC are appointed by the States Assembly and the annual report of the JFSC (which details Commissioners' remuneration) is lodged with the States every year.

Jersey Police Authority – provision for remuneration is made at Article 5(7) of the States of Jersey Police Force Law 2012; http://www.jerseylaw.je/Law/display.aspx?url=lawsinforce%2fconsolidated%2f23%2f23.820_StatesofJer seyPoliceForceLaw2012_RevisedEdition_1January2015.htm

Jersey Police Complaints Authority – provision for remuneration is made at the Schedule, 4(2) of the Police (Complaints and Discipline)(Jersey) Law 1999; http://www.jerseylaw.je/Law/display.aspx?url=lawsinforce%2fconsolidated%2f23%2f23.325_Police(Co mplaintsandDiscipline)Law1999_RevisedEdition_1January2015.htm