David Charles Doyle

Place of birth: United Kingdom Nationality: British Appointed since 2021 QUALIFICATIONS Glenealy Junior School, Hong Kong, 1965 -1971 Hong Kong Island School, 1971-1974 King William’s College, Isle of Man, 1974 -1978 Bachelor of Law (LL.B) Newcastle Upon Tyne University, 1981 BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1982; Litigation Department Slaughter and May Solicitors, London, 1982; Called to the Bar of the Isle of Man, 1984; George Johnson Law Prize for Essay on Precedent in Manx Law; Partner at Dickinson, Cruickshank & Co Advocates, 1985 – 2003 dealing principally with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters becoming Head of Commercial Department; Contributions to Solly’s Government and Law in the Isle of Man, (1994); Contributions to Solly’s Isle of Man Partnership Law, (1996); Member of the Governing Council of the Isle of Man Law Society, 1997 – 2003; Chairman, Law Society Education Committee, 1997 – 2003; Chairman, Law Society Human Rights Committee, 2001 – 2003; Member of the Isle of Man Government’s Corporate Services Review Committee, 2001 – 2003; Part-time Deputy High Bailiff (District Judge) and Coroner of Inquests, 2002 – 2003; Elected Vice President, Isle of Man Law Society, 2003; Her Majesty’s Second Deemster (Deputy Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division, 2003 – 2010; Her Majesty’s First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls (Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division and Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man, 2010 – 2018; Elected Bencher, Gray’s Inn, 2011; Judge of Appeal of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, 2015 – 2018; From 2007 onwards presented various lectures in Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere on the rule of law and judging ( some of which are available at courts.im); 2018 to 2021: Senior Legal Adviser within the litigation department at Cains Advocates Isle of Man dealing with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters; Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association; Awarded CBE in The Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours for services to the law and the administration of justice