Clare Faulds
Vicar General of Sodor and Man
In office
1996–2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byPeter William Stanley Farrant
Succeeded byGeoffrey Tattersall
Personal details
Born1949 or 1950 (age 73–74)
Isle of Man
NationalityManx
ProfessionAdvocate

Clare Faulds (born 1949/50)[1] is a Manx lawyer and former Vicar General of Sodor and Man. She was the first woman admitted to the Manx bar, and has also worked in the Falkland Islands.

Career

Faulds qualified as an advocate of the Isle of Man Law Society in 1973. She was the first woman admitted to the Manx bar.[2][3] She has also worked as the Vicar General of Sodor and Man[4][5] from 1996[6] until 2014.[7] In a 2001 discussion, she said that exhuming bodies when people move house was not symptomatic of a decline in faith.[4] In 2004, Faulds left the Isle of Man to take up a senior magistrate role in the Falkland Islands. She took the role partly due to her interest in wildlife.[2][8] As a senior magistrate, Faulds dealt with around five criminal cases a week, as of 2006.[1] She later worked as acting Supreme Court judge, before moving back to the Isle of Man.[5]

In 2011, Faulds spoke at an event to explain the Manx political system prior to the Isle of Man general election.[9] In 2014, Faulds returned to the Falkland Islands to work as a senior magistrate and coroner, and also left her role as Vicar General of Sodor and Man.[10][7] In this role, she was also the senior magistrate for the British Antarctic Territory, until she was succeeded by Martine Kushner in December 2016.[11] [12] In 2015, she was judge for a case involving allegations of misreported catches of fish.[13] In 2016, she was judge for a case of illegal animal waste disposal.[14] From 2018 to 2020, she worked as an interim Senior Magistrate.[15]

Faulds has also worked as Chairman of the Isle of Man Income Tax Commissioners,[5] and for Britannia International Limited, the Isle of Man subsidiary of Britannia Building Society.[16]

Personal life

Faulds is married with three sons, one of whom is a doctor.[2] Her husband has worked as a senior editor of the Manx Hansard,[2] and as the canon precentor of Peel Cathedral on the Isle of Man.[17] Faulds has a master's degree in canon law from Cardiff University.[2] In 2010, Faulds gave a talk about wildlife in the Falklands Islands.[8] In 2012, she joined the Rotary Club of Douglas.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Dawar, Anil (1 July 2006). "Wanted: tireless commuter to dispense justice in the Falklands". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "New Senior Magistrate takes up post". MercoPress. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Delivering roles for women at Isle of Man Post Office". IOM Today. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 Harrison, David (1 July 2001). "RIP - but only until relatives move home". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Claire Faulds in new role at Equiom". Manx Radio. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "SWEARING-IN OF DEPUTY HIGH BAILIFF AT COURT NUMBER 3, ISLE OF MAN COURTS OF JUSTICE" (PDF) (pdf). Isle of Man Court. 29 July 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Island won't lose diocese status". Manx Radio. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Clare Faulds to give talk about the animal life that can be seen in the Falkland Islands". IsleOfMan.com. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lobby group to explain Max political system". Isle of Man elections. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Brock, Juanita (7 October 2014). "Falklands : New Senior Magistrate and Coroner for the Falklands Appointed". Falkland Islands News Network. Retrieved 2 December 2018 – via SARTMA.com.
  11. ↑ Brock, Juanita (30 November 2016). "Falklands : NEW SENIOR MAGISTRATE & CORONER TO ARRIVE IN DECEMBER". Falkland Islands News Network. Retrieved 2 December 2018 – via SARTMA.com.
  12. ↑ "British Antarctic Territory Gazette: May 2016 to October 2017". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Falklands' trawlers under investigation for alleged misreported catches". MercoPress. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Falkland Islands Meat Company Manager resigns after court fine". Penguin News. 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Sarah Whitby takes oath as Falklands, South Georgia Senior Magistrate". MercoPress. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  16. ↑ UNITED KINGDOM Major Banks, Financial & Insurance Companies Directory. Business Information Agency. p. 14. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Bishop flies 8000 miles to confirm three people in the Falklands Islands". The Church Times. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  18. ↑ "New Members 2012". Rotary Club of Douglas. 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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