Jersey Law Commission: Appointment of Commissioners

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A decision made 20 November 2015:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2015-0129
Decision summary title Appointment and re-appointment of Law Commissioners - Report and Proposition
Decision summary author	Director – Constitutional Affairs and Justice Policy	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Report and Proposition
Report author or name of person giving report	Director – Constitutional Affairs and Justice Policy	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister decided to propose the appointment of Mr Jonathan Walker, Ms Claire de Than and Advocate Barbara Corbett as Commissioners of the Jersey Law Commission for a period of 5 years from the date on which their appointments are approved by the States, if applicable, and approved a Report and Proposition recommending the above appointments. A number of Law Commissioners have retired from the Law Commission over recent years and the above-named would replace them. He also decided to propose the re-appointment of Mr Clive Chaplin as the Chairman of the Jersey Law Commission for a further period of 5 years from the date on which his re-appointment is approved by the States, if applicable; and the re-appointment of Mr Malcolm Le Boutillier as a Commissioner for a further period of 3 years from the date on which his re-appointment is approved by the States, if applicable. The terms of office of Mr Chaplin and Mr Le Boutillier have expired and they wish to remain in post. The Chief Minister is supportive of their continuing in their respective roles.
Resource implications There are no additional financial or manpower implications arising from this decision.
Action required Officers to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the attached Report and Proposition to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for consideration by the States Assembly at the earliest opportunity.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision