My CLU Debacle: Seeking Reform in Guernsey
A Guernsey Certificate for Lawful Use (CLU) is an official document issued by the local government in Guernsey, an island in the English Channel with a population of 63,000. This…
..and how dishonesty flourishes in the dark...
A Guernsey Certificate for Lawful Use (CLU) is an official document issued by the local government in Guernsey, an island in the English Channel with a population of 63,000. This…
This article is informed by recent discussions with English lawyers and focuses on potential misconduct in public office in Guernsey – a jurisdiction of sixty-three thousand – and reflects my…
Nine years ago, I was asked by the then States CEO, Paul Whitfield, to make suggestions about transparency and ethical conduct in Guernsey’s public sector. My reply highlighted critical areas…
Guiding our politicians’ integrity. The Nolan Principles1, established in 1995 by Lord Nolan in the UK, articulate a set of seven ethical guidelines for public service: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability,…
Imagine you have a serious complaint about a public service in Guernsey, but the system to resolve it is slow, complex, and doesn’t really listen to you. Right now, if…
The following is relevant in the context of the discovery and production obligations that one would expect to be met by Guernsey’s Civil Service, but where the threat of judicial…
Expanding on point (3), in my post about a Public Services Ombudsperson and about “Disclosure Obligations,” the consequences of the current lack of disclosure obligations from the Civil Service during…
The reader might be interested in “Modernizing Governance: Leadership, Red Flags, Trust and Professional Power” by Andrew Massey and William Hutton, which focuses on the challenges of modernizing government, particularly…
I am a resident of Guernsey. I need access to the Government website because it provides services that I am obliged to use. Unfortunately, it looks like they are running…
From a 20-year-old website. The conduct is as yet unexplained, unrectified and unremedied. https://stateofguernsey.com/historic/index.html