Philip Bailhache

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Sir Philip Bailhache with HRH Duke of Kent in background

Sir Philip Martin Bailhache KBE (born February 28, 1946) is the Bailiff of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Bailhache was born in Jersey and was educated in the Charterhouse School, England. He read Law at Oxford University. 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. The matter - which had constitutional ramifications for Jersey - was discussed on the floor of the United Kingdom House of Commons. 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 second wife Linda and two children, Alice and Edward.

His brother, William Bailhache, was appointed HM Attorney General in 2000^[2].