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Review bid over Jersey abuse case Jersey abuse case review rejected
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A hearing seeking a judicial review of the handling of the Jersey child abuse investigation is due to begin at the High Court in London later. A bid to secure a judicial review into the Jersey child abuse inquiry has been rejected at London's High Court.
The application has been brought by Jersey senator Stuart Syvret and UK Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming. It was brought by Jersey senator Stuart Syvret and UK Lib Dem MP John Hemming, who say the law has been subverted by a "cover-up and political interference".
They claim the Lord Chancellor Jack Straw and others have "failed" to "enforce the rule of law" in Jersey. But Lord Justice Richards, sitting with Mr Justice Tugendhat, said the attempt should be made through Jersey's courts.
Detectives are investigating claims of child abuse in the island dating from the early 1960s to 1986.Detectives are investigating claims of child abuse in the island dating from the early 1960s to 1986.
'Transparency' needed
Three people have been charged in connection with their inquiries.Three people have been charged in connection with their inquiries.
Justice For Families Ltd, of which Senator Syvret is a director and Mr Hemming the chairman, want independent judges and prosecutors brought in to administer any future legal action. The judge said he would leave open the question what to do once proceedings had come through the Jersey's courts - including the island's court of appeal.
They claim the rule of law in Jersey may not meet the necessary standards of objectivity and impartiality, and the UK Ministry of Justice has a "duty to maintain the rule of law in crown dependencies", of which Jersey is one. 'Rule of law'
Mr Hemming said abuse cases need to be "dealt with properly, with transparency." Justice For Families Ltd, of which Senator Syvret is a director and Mr Hemming the chairman, wanted independent judges and prosecutors brought in to administer any future legal action.
Minister of State, Michael Wills MP, is named alongside Mr Straw as a defendant in the application. They claimed Jersey may not meet the necessary standards of objectivity and impartiality, and that Justice Secretary Jack Straw and others "failed to enforce the rule of law" in Jersey.
They are expected to oppose it on the grounds that it is "misconceived, unarguable and premature". They argued that the UK Ministry of Justice has a "duty to maintain the rule of law in crown dependencies", of which Jersey is one.
Mr Hemming, MP for Birmingham Yardley, said abuse cases need to be "dealt with properly, with transparency".
Minister of State, Michael Wills MP, was named alongside Mr Straw as a defendant in the application.
They opposed it on the grounds that it was "misconceived, unarguable and premature".
When the application was lodged in October, Jersey's Attorney General, William Bailhache, said: "The courts of Jersey have been delivering justice week in, week out, for centuries.When the application was lodged in October, Jersey's Attorney General, William Bailhache, said: "The courts of Jersey have been delivering justice week in, week out, for centuries.
"Justice will be done.""Justice will be done."