Martin has over thirty years’ experience working in higher education primarily within a law school environment. He has worked and studied law in all the jurisdictions of the UK.
Martin most recently spent 6 years as Principal and CEO at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Argyll in Scotland, a unique institution in the UK which provides tertiary education spanning schools, further education, apprenticeships, and undergraduate and postgraduate higher education.
Prior to his role at UHI Argyll, Martin spent 15 years at Glasgow Caledonian University, where he held a number of leadership roles including Head of Law. During his time there, he established and ran the Learning Development Centre, a resource dedicated to supporting student academic and skills development, which focused on supporting students matriculating into university from further education colleges.
An advocate for technology in learning, Martin is passionate about widening access to the legal profession; he has been a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Education and Training Committee for the past five years. In 2025, he became a director of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership.
– LL.B., Jersey Law Course, Guernsey Law Course
– Family Law
– Equity and Trusts
– Alternative Dispute Resolution
Claire was called to the Jersey Bar in 1997 and is one of the most experienced and highly regarded family lawyers in the Island, specialising in divorce, separation and children’s matters.
When dealing with family finances, Claire handles a wide range of cases. Some involve significant family or commercial assets requiring a confident head for numbers and business accounts, others require a gentle touch and a sensible approach to minimising legal costs. Whatever the circumstances, Claire’s clients always receive an excellent service.
Claire is a member of Jersey’s children panel, meaning that she is qualified to represent children and parents in child protection cases in Jersey. She also regularly deals with, and helps to resolve, disputes between parents both in and out of the court room.
Committed to public service, Claire sat as a deputy chair of the Employment and Discrimination Tribunal between 2012 and 2020 (for the maximum nine years) and in addition during 2018 sat as a Family Registrar in Jersey’s Royal Court.
She is a qualified family mediator and works with the Jersey Family Mediation Service, a charitable body which supports people to resolve disputes amicably following a breakup.
An academic, Claire is a visiting professor with the Institute of Law and teaches students working towards their degree (LLB) with the University of London External Programme, is the family law lecturer for both the Jersey Law Course and Guernsey Bar exams and has presented various other modules including Trust & Equity and Tort. She also teaches Jersey Law to students on the Social Work degree course at Highlands. She has providing bespoke witness training for experts and government agencies and has recently qualified as an advocacy trainer to the legal profession. In May 2020 Claire was appointed to the Academic Board of the Institute of Law and in April 2023 became Associate Dean (Professional Programmes).
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Highlands Lane,
St Saviour,
JE1 1HL
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