Author: James Collings

Proper oversight of our civil servants. Context The Policy & Resources Committee’s proposal to reject the idea of a Public Services Ombudsperson (PSO) for Guernsey is made in a detailed…

23/11/2023: In the linked letter from the Review Board you can see that the Review Board has reviewed the DPA’s reconsideration report dated 31 October 2023 and Mr Collings’ subsequent…

09/11/2023: In this linked document to the Review Board, I reiterated that the re-review the Civil Service had commissioned was defective in that it avoided the primary pathway (existing use…

Guernsey does not have a Freedom of Information Law (FoI). We have a Code of Practice for Public Information, which is voluntary. There is a supposed “presumption in favour of…

06/11/2023: In this linked critique of the re-review’s findings, I highlight significant oversight in the review of my complaint against the DPA. They begin on page 7. Key issues include…

06/11/2023: In this linked document, I wrote to the Director, of Strategic Projects and Employee Relations, who had commissioned a re-review of the matter after the Administrative Review Board’s findings…

25/08/23: the linked document concerns a complaint by me, James Collings, against the Development and Planning Authority (DPA) of Guernsey regarding their conduct between 28 November 2019 and 11 February…

30/12/2021: In this linked document, you can see pages 1 to 17 of my 37-page complaint. I would direct the reader to paragraph (A) 6.b. on page 9, where path…

28/11/2019: In this linked email, Cadastre notified the DPA of the existing use before 2000. The DPA Director acknowledged it. After this, the ‘pre-2009’ pathway should have been followed and…