Standing Tall As Others Fall
The Development & Planning Authority’s rejection of plans to convert a Perelle bunker into housing reveals an interesting distinction between possessing legal powers and exercising them lawfully. The Facts A…
How Guernsey’s planning system fails owners willing to restore derelict buildings. In this article I examine one recent case, but the issues identified could apply to almost all listed buildings…
Guernsey’s Home Affairs has been caught sneaking laws past States Members (by a member of the public). Now, with its hand in the cookie jar, the Committee is scrambling. And…
A Culture of Unchecked Power Guernsey’s government should serve the public with integrity, adhering to the Nolan Principles of conduct. Yet, reality often defies these ideals. Public bodies quietly erode…
“An Englishman’s home is his castle,” goes the old-fashioned idiom. Apparently attributed to the English judge Sir Edward Coke, who declared it in 1604 in a common law ruling establishing…