Jersey will ‘steadfastly protect’ its sovereignty

JERSEY will take a hard line on the protection of its sovereignty in its dealings with the UK government in future, says Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf.


Few step forward to keep ministers in check

THREE political newcomers and the Island’s two youngest States Members were yesterday among those elected to chair various committees and panels for the next three years.


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Leadership is the big issue of the day at conference

JERSEY needs leadership ‘more than ever in the present climate’, over 200 Island business leaders were told this morning.


Jersey standing out as a ‘jurisdiction of substance’

RECOGNITION that Jersey is a ‘jurisdiction of substance’ will be a key element to ensuring future success in Asia, so says the woman who leads Jersey Finance’s efforts in the Far East.


It wasn’t a good start for the new Assembly, and certainly not one talking of openness

WE had such high hopes, such optimism and such expectations that they might finally be ‘the ones’.


Staying safe on our roads

THIS is Road Safety Week, a national event which should help to focus attention on an often disregarded fact – that the motor vehicle is not only a mode of transport but also potentially deadly weapon.


We do not want vulture fund business in the Island

From Geoff Cook, chief executive, Jersey Finance. FURTHER to the leader column in your latest issue entitled ‘Keep the Vultures at a Distance’ (JEP, 18 November) it is inevitable that the brevity required in a 400 word column can never capture the real detail behind a story. However, more often than not this column does [...]


Great Scott … Clayton helps out Djokovic

IT doesn’t get much bigger than playing tennis with the world number one Novak Djokovic.


Jailed lawyer fights £2.3m confiscation order

A lawyer who hid assets including paintings, a Ferrari and hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of shares for his money-laundering father is fighting a £2.3m court confiscation order.

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