Sir Timothy John Le Cocq (born 1956) is a Jersey lawyer who is the current

Bailiff of Jersey The Bailiff of Jersey () is the civic head of the Bailiwick of Jersey. In this role, he is not the head of government nor the head of state, but the chief justice of Jersey and presiding officer of Jersey's parliament, the States Assembly. The ...

. He was sworn in on 17 October 2019.

Early life

Le Cocq was born in

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. He attended

Beaulieu Convent School Beaulieu Convent School is a Roman Catholic independent school for girls located in St Helier, Jersey. The school was established in 1951 by sisters from the Order of the Immaculate Conception. In 1999 the Order of the Immaculate Conception gif ...

, De La Salle College and

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Career

Le Cocq was called to the

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in 1981 and to the Jersey Bar in 1985. He became a

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in 1996 and was appointed as Her Majesty's Solicitor General on 8 April 2008. He became

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on 10 November 2009, Deputy Bailiff on 2 April 2015 and Bailiff on 17 October 2019. Le Cocq was

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in the

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for services to Jersey.

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* 1956 births Living people Jersey lawyers Bailiffs of Jersey Members of the Inner Temple 21st-century King's Counsel Alumni of Keele University People educated at De La Salle College, Jersey Knights Bachelor Lawyers awarded knighthoods {{Jersey-bio-stub