JERSEY’S oldest surviving judicial record has been published by the Société Jersiaise, and reveals a “tumultuous” period over 700 years ago. The Channel Islands Assize Roll of 1299: Jersey was unveiled recently. An Assize is a historical term for formal court sessions which were held by judges to administer civil and criminal law cases, a […]

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