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The Courts of Guernsey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the law of the Island, which is a mixture of customary law dating back as far as the 10th century and legislation passed by the legislature, the States of Deliberation .
Guernsey Courthouse and officials, photographed in 1859. The Law of Guernsey originates in Norman customary law, overlaid with principles taken from English common law and French law, as well as from statute law enacted by the competent legislature(s) – usually, but not always, the States of Guernsey.
The States of Guernsey is the parliament and government of the whole Bailiwick, though several matters are decided locally by the States of Alderney and by Sark's Chief Pleas. The Bailiff of Guernsey is the civil head of the Bailiwick, and is also president of the States of Guernsey and head of the Bailiwick's judiciary.
Chief Pleas or Court of Chief Pleas may refer to: Chief Pleas (Sark), legislative assembly of Sark, Channel Islands; Court of Chief Pleas (Guernsey), ancient court which meets annually in Guernsey, Channel Islands; Court of Chief Place, former court in Ireland, occasionally called "Court of Chief Pleas"
Notably, before the establishment of the Royal Court in Guernsey, justice was administered annually by the bailiff and four knights. Following separation from Normandy during King John's reign, the Court of Chief Pleas was created, comprising the Bailiff, 12 Jurats, and 10 Seigneurs in capite, representing the island's fiefs. [9]
The parliament of Guernsey is the States of Deliberation, the parliament of Sark is called the Chief Pleas, and the parliament of Alderney is called the States of Alderney. The three parliaments together can also approve joint Bailiwick-wide legislation that applies in those parts of the Bailiwick whose parliaments approve it.
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The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.