Philip Bailhache
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Sir Philip Martin Bailhache KBE (born February 28 1946) is the Bailiff of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Bailhache was born in Jersey. First elected to the States of Jersey as Deputy of Grouville in 1972, he resigned his seat in 1975 to become a Crown Officer when appointed as HM Solicitor General. He became HM Attorney General in 1986.
He was the serving Attorney General at the time of the court case vs. Peter Pearce which represents the only time that a senior legal official in Jersey has lost a case in the Royal Court of Jersey. The case was presided over by the Bailiff of Guernsey.
He was involved in the controversy surrounding the removal of Vernon Tomes (later Senator Vernon Tomes) as Deputy Bailiff, and replaced Vernon Tomes in that office in 1994. He became Bailiff of Jersey in 1995 and received his knighthood in 1996.
In 2006, he was awarded[1] l'Ordre de la Pléiade (Grand Officier class) by l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.
He lives in Grouville with his wife (Lady) Linda and two children, Alice and Edward.
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- ^ Jersey Evening Post, 7 June 2006
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