CLAIMS that there is a conflict of interest between his role as Jersey’s chief prosecutor and his brother’s position as chief judge have been rejected by Attorney General William Bailhache. Speaking publicly for the first time about his relationship with his brother – the Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache – Mr Bailhache has described these claims […]
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Remembrance Day service and parade
ISLANDERS paid tribute during the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph yesterday to those who gave their lives in two world wars and in the conflicts which have followed. On a windy but dry and sunny November day, around 1,500 people lined both sides of the Cenotaph to watch the service. The laying of poppy […]
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Vitriolic attack by Senator Syvret
SENATOR Stuart Syvret has launched a vitriolic attack on the Bailiff after being asked to leave a room in the States Building where he was filming an interview without permission.
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A Week in Politics
WE’RE now one States sitting away from the end of this term, and the end of the first three years of ministerial government.
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Rapist jailed for 12 years
A RAPIST who subjected two wom-en to violent sex attacks has been jailed for 12 years and branded a danger to females in Jersey. Nacer Eddine Benyoucef (37), pictured, attacked his first victim as she lay unconscious on his bed, and raped the second while repeatedly beating and trying to strangle her. A probation report […]
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Jersey could go it alone
INDEPENDENCE is well within Jersey’s grasp, a top-level government advisory group chaired by the Bailiff has concluded. In a document that goes further towards setting out a blueprint for independence than anything yet published, the Constitution Review Group found that there were no insurmountable reasons why the Island could not become totally self-governing. The group, […]
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Heathrow link: ‘No guarantees’
JERSEY’S Heathrow link cannot be guaranteed in today’s economic climate, according to Bmi chairman Sir Michael Bishop. But the airline has plans to increase the frequency of flights on the route from two to at least three a day. Sir Michael flew into Jersey on his private jet yesterday for a lunch at the Mayfair […]
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He has served with distinction
From Jurat Peter Blampied. SIR Philip Bailhache has served Jersey for 37 years with distinction – initially as a Deputy and then as Solicitor General and Attorney General and finally as Bailiff. Most people recognise his intellectual ability and that he has presided in the Royal Court without fear or favour. Speeches in the States […]
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Hustings question: Child abuse
THE 21 Senatorial candidates began their campaigning in earnest at St Clement’s Parish Hall last night. Just over 150 people crowded into the building for the first of the parish hustings meetings. St Clement Constable Derek Gray squeezed in six questions into the two-hour meeting by asking candidates to answer three questions at a time […]
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Pride of a small nation
JERSEY must not take its independence for granted, especially in times of economic crisis, says the Bailiff. In his last Christmas message to JEP readers before he retires next year, Sir Philip Bailhache says that he has seen Jersey become a little nation, autonomously capable of great things. And he reminds readers how much the […]
