William John Howarth Corlett, KC,

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(born 25 March 1950) was Her Majesty's Attorney General for the Isle of Man and

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Member of the Legislative Council from 1998 to 2011. He was called to

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in 1972 and the Manx Bar in 1974. He was a partner of Dickinson Cruickshank & Co 1975-1992 when he became senior partner of Corlett Bolton & Co before being appointed

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in 1998. He was appointed

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in 1999.

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