On 12 May 1992, the Lieutenant Governor announced to the States Assembly that Her Majesty the Queen had decided to remove Tomes from office as Deputy Bailiff from 30 June 1992.
[5] The Lieutenant Governor said the reason for Tomes' dismissal was delays in producing timely judgments, which had led to concerns that Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights was being breached.
His Excellency stated, 'Over the last few weeks we have all seen or heard comments or claims that Mr. Tomes was a victim of a conspiracy by the Jersey establishment because he did not have the right background; that he had been unreasonably overburdened with work; and that he had not been given a proper opportunity to recover his backlog of judgments; that there had been a lack of proper consultation before serious steps were contemplated; and especially that the Home Office was interfering in what was rightfully the business of the States of Jersey.
I have to tell you now that not one of these points has any firm foundation' The removal from office was instigated by the Bailiff Sir Peter Crill, who made a request to the United Kingdom's Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke.
His campaign focused on reforming Jersey's constitution to remove the Bailiff as presiding officer of the States Assembly.