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Digital copy of Exhibit JE31: Advice of Mark Ellison QC, First Senior Treasury Counsel at the Central Criminal Court in the matter of re-instituting criminal proceedings against Alan and Jane Maguire related to criminal proceedings instituted in 1998 but later abandoned by the Attorney General. [Some details redacted].

Used as evidence in relation to John Edmonds's Witness Statement to the Inquiry dated 19 January 2016 [ZC/D/AW4/B2/18/WS000698].

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Reference	ZC/D/AW4/A5/20/WD009000/31
Date	5 September 2008
Scope and Content	Includes an introduction setting out matters upon which he has been asked to advised the Attorney General of the States of Jersey relating to the re-institution of criminal proceedings against Alan and Jane Maguire. Sets out details of the relevant facts of the case including details of the charges committed for trial in 1998, comments on the legal principles applicable and questions posed referring to autrefois acquit and abuse of process. Finishes with conclusions, expressing opinion regarding the likelihood that an abuse of process application would succeed and stating that it would not be proper for the Attorney General to seek to re-institute criminal proceedings against Alan or Jane Maguire.
Names	Connelly Family Devlin, Lord Edmonds, John Ellison, Mark Maguire, Alan Maguire, Jane Murphy family Ormerod, David, Professor Attorney General Blanche Pierre Family Group Home Central Criminal Court Child Protection Team Children's Service Haut de la Garenne Law Officers' Department Magistrate's Court Royal Court States of Jersey Police
Keywords	advice \| allegations \| Attorneys General \| child protection \| childcare \| Children \| children's services \| Correspondence \| corroboration \| counsel \| courts \| evidence \| exhibits \| Family Group Homes \| houseparents \| IJCI \| indecent assault \| legal advice \| Letters \| offences \| physical abuse \| prosecutions \| sexual abuse \| trials \| witnesses
Places	9-11, Blanche Pierre Close, Haut de la Garenne
Dimensions	1 pdf file
Language	English
Level of description	File
Access restrictions	Closed for preservation - please consult digital copy

Context:

ZC/D/AW Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

ZC/D/AW4 Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Phase 2. Evidence relating to policing, investigations of abuse, and decisions on prosecution. Contains evidence from States of Jersey Police, the Honorary Police, politicians, civil servants, and the Law Officers’ Department. Includes Witness Statements given to the Inquiry and the States of Jersey Police, and supporting evidence in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW4/A Phase 2 - Witness Documents. Evidence relating to policing, investigations of abuse, and decisions on prosecution. Contains evidence from States of Jersey Police, the Honorary Police, politicians, civil servants, and the Law Officers’ Department.

ZC/D/AW4/A5 Witness Documents - Witnesses Giving Evidence in Public. Supporting evidence relating to the experiences of those involved in policing, investigations of abuse, and decisions on prosecution designated as Witnesses Giving Evidence in Public as part of Phase 2.

ZC/D/AW4/A5/20 Evidence about John Edmonds, a Witness Giving Evidence In Public during Phase 2, in the form of Witness Documents.

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Digital copy of Exhibit JE31: Advice of Mark Ellison QC, First Senior Treasury Counsel at the Central Criminal Court in the matter of re-instituting criminal proceedings against Alan and Jane Maguire related to criminal proceedings instituted in 1998 but later abandoned by the Attorney General. [Some details redacted].

Used as evidence in relation to John Edmonds's Witness Statement to the Inquiry dated 19 January 2016 [ZC/D/AW4/B2/18/WS000698].

ZC/D/AW4/A5/20/WD009000/31

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