Law Officer Biographies
HM Attorney General for Jersey
Mark Temple KC
Sworn in: 9 March 2020
Education and Career
- Educated at King's College School, London, and Cambridge University
- Qualified as an English Solicitor in 1994
- Qualified as a Solicitor Advocate of the High Court of England and Wales in 2002
- Moved to Jersey in 2003
- Qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2005
- Accredited mediator
- Partner in private practice in Jersey specialising in litigation and dispute resolution (2007-2015)
- Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2015
- Served as Her Majesty's Solicitor General for the Island of Jersey (August 2015 - March 2020)
- Sworn in as Her Majesty's Attorney General for the Island of Jersey on 9 March 2020
HM Solicitor General for Jersey
Matthew Jowitt KC
Sworn in: 1 May 2020
Education and Career
- Educated at Montsaye School, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, and Oxford University
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1994
- Practised as a barrister in London chambers before moving to Jersey in 2004
- Qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2006
- Appointed a Crown Advocate in 2006
- Sworn in as Her Majesty's Solicitor General for the Island of Jersey on 1 May 2020