Cyril Whelan

Cyril has been a Senior Consultant at Baker & Partners since 2007.

He spent 28 years as the senior legal adviser in the Law Officers’ chambers in Jersey. He was appointed to the office of Crown Advocate immediately upon the creation of that office in 1987. He has acted as Jersey’s Attorney General from time to time.

He was head of the Department within the Attorney General’s chambers responsible for Serious Crime and International Mutual Legal Assistance, and has advised on all aspects of public law, advising and prosecuting in the full range of serious crimes – murder, rape, serious and complex fraud and money laundering. Since joining the firm, he has also advised in the defence of such matters.

Having spent the statutory maximum of 10 years as a Commissioner of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, Cyril serves as Chairman of Baker Regulatory Services.

He sits as a judge of the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal, and from time to time as a Coroner.