Charity governor is Livingtones' newest advocate

Monday 10 September 2018

A local lawyer and charity governor with almost 20 years’ experience in civil and criminal law has been appointed as a specialist Personal Law Advocate at Livingstones.

Martin Elks provides advice and support in all aspects of civil and criminal law including family matters, personal injury, employment, health and safety and small business matters both company and commercial.

He regularly appears in the island’s courts and is authorised to act as Duty Advocate in the Magistrate’s and Youth Courts and to provide out of hours advice to those in police custody.

He is also a governor of a Jersey-based children's charity and a member of the Charities Appeal Tribunal.

Philip Livingstone, Managing Director of Livingstones, said: “We are delighted by Martin’s appointment and the strengthened leadership and capacity that this represents for the business, as well as the invaluable resource for our clients.”

Advocate Elks added: "I am very excited to be joining Livingstones as they are a firm whose focus remains the provision of high quality legal advice to Jersey based individuals and companies. I am looking forward to being part of a firm with such an island based outlook.”