Guernsey Judgment 4/2007 - S B de Jersey v Law Officers of the Crown

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Bail - Magistrate's Court (Guernsey) Law, 1954 - Bail (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2003 - defendant failed to answer his bail - proceedings against the surety, Mr de Jersey, for forfeiture of all or part of his recognisance in the sum of £10,000 - meaning in Guernsey of the terms 'bail', 'recognisance' and 'surety' - no legislative provision for forfeiture of a recognisance in the Magistrate's Court - if regarded as a civil debt the present claim must fail as it exceeds the Court's present limit of £2,500