Lawyer Philip Perinchief has been appointed Principal Crown counsel in the Attorney General's Chamber, Government has announced.

Mr. Perinchief left private practice to join the AG's Chambers in May last year.

A former teacher, he qualified as a lawyer in 1985 and holds a teacher's certificate as well as two Bachelors degrees and a Master of Arts in Economics, Statistics and Public Finance from universities in Canada and Tanzania.

A member of the Canadian (Ontario) Bar Association and the Canadian Criminal Bar Association, Mr. Perinchief started a law practice in 1990, specialising in administrative, constitutional, civil and criminal law.

He officially assumed the position at the beginning of this month on a $105,806 salary.