Robert MacRae | |
Honorific Suffix: | KC |
Office: | HM Deputy Bailiff |
Governor: | Sir Stephen Dalton |
Term Start: | 6 January 2020 |
Predecessor: | Tim Le Cocq |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1968 |
Birth Place: | Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom |
Children: | 5 |
Alma Mater: | University of Exeter |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Robert MacRae is a Jersey lawyer and Judge. He is currently Deputy Bailiff of Jersey.[1] [2]
MacRae went to school in Jersey, attending La Moye School, Victoria College Prep and Victoria College.
He graduated with a law degree from the University of Exeter in 1989.
After being called to the English Bar in 1990, he practised from chambers in Exeter for 10 years, principally defending and prosecuting criminal cases.
He returned to the Island in 2001 and was called to the Jersey Bar in 2003. In 2005 he became a partner in Carey Olsen's Jersey office, specialising in trust litigation.
He was appointed a Crown Advocate in 2008.[3] He served as HM Attorney General 2015–20.
In 2020, he was sworn in as Deputy Bailiff of Jersey.