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"Diverse experts should consider national service scheme for young Islanders"

JERSEY’S government should gather a “diverse group of experts” to consider adopting Conservative plans to bring back mandatory national service for 18-year-olds, according to a former British Army brigadier. Nigel Hall, who was also strategic adviser in UK delegations at HQ United Nations and HQ Nato, said a form of national service created specifically for […]

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Disciplinary hearing for Advocate for email phrase

A JERSEY advocate charging an hourly rate of more than £500 was summoned to a disciplinary hearing after urging colleagues to “bury this guy” in correspondence about legal fees… and copying the “guy” he was referring to into his email. Advocate James Sheedy’s chosen phrase, described as “outrageous” by the costs lawyer acting for the […]

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