Peter Crill started work, during the German occupation of Jersey, for the law firm Crill and Benest, where his father was a partner.
13 Facts About Peter Crill
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Peter Crill later wrote of the escape 'With hindsight we achieved very little except to confirm through the memorandum of the then Bailiff, Mr AM Coutanche, the state of the Island as regards food and heating.
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Peter Crill read modern history at Exeter College, Oxford and in 1949 was called to the bar in Jersey.
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At the age of 26, Crill was elected to the States of Jersey as a Deputy for St Clement from 1951 to 1958.
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In 1962, Peter Crill resigned from elected office to take up the post of HM Solicitor General.
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Peter Crill became HM Attorney General in 1969, and led the prosecution of Edward Paisnel.
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Sir Peter Crill received complaints from lawyers and the Jersey Law Society about Tomes' delays in producing reserved judgments.
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Tomes was reported as saying that 'Sir Peter Crill has been the sole instigator behind this.
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Sir Peter Crill "called for the people of Jersey to consider the situation calmly".
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Peter Crill refused permission for a visiting amateur theatre group to perform Howard Brenton's play Christie in Love and required changes to the staging of a production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus by the Tricycle Theatre Company to prevent an actor's naked buttocks being visible to the audience.
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Peter Crill married Dr Gail Dodd, a medical doctor, in 1953.
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Peter Crill's pastimes included amateur dramatics, yachting and supporting Jersey's draghunt.
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Peter Crill was received into the Catholic Church in July 1995.