New High Bailiff and Deputy High Bailiff

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

Earlier this month the Island’s new High Bailiff, His Worship Mr James Brooks, and Deputy High Bailiff, Her Worship Ms Rachael Braidwood, were sworn in during a short ceremony held at the Isle of Man Courts.

Prior to his latest appointment, Mr Brooks was the legal advisor to the Magistrates. Before this he was Head of Courts and Tribunals Service in the Falkland Islands from 2016 to 2019, a position he assumed after over a decade as a legal advisor to Magistrates primarily in the north of England.

Ms Braidwood was called to the Manx Bar in October 2002, and following completion of a Masters Degree in Law, has been a Prosecuting Advocate within His Majesty’s Attorney General’s Chambers in the Isle of Man since August 2003. With 20 years’ experience she has prosecuted at every level including cases of a serious and complex nature before the Island’s Appeal Court.

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