Guernsey Judgment 32/2008 - R C Bach & K Bach v Law Officers of the Crown

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Island Development (Guernsey) Law 1966 - Magistrate's Court (Civil Appeals) (Guernsey) Law, 1988 - offence of unauthorised development - appeal from conviction before the Magistrates Court - whether prescription in criminal offences was still effective and applicable - whether abuse of process by reason of delay - European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6(i) - held that prescription was not available, there had been no undue delay or abuse of process and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights was not breached - appeal dismissed