Mutual Legal Assistance in International Matters: Guernsey 2009 Statistics

According to the Accounts of the States for the year ending 31 December 2009, which have just been published, during the course of 2009 a total of 62 Letters of Request were received.  From these, 49 requests were approved and allocated to specific areas of local legislation to enable mutual legal assistance to be provided. At year end, 13 requests were either pending review/consideration, or dormant awaiting further information from requesting authority before further consideration could be given. During 2009, a total of 20 serious fraud notices and/or production orders were served on local persons/entities, 1 Restraint Order was made, and 2 orders were made before the Court to (respectively) register and enforce overseas forfeiture orders, 2 court hearings were conducted under the International Co-operation law, to take evidence on behalf of a foreign jurisdiction. One request for assistance was executed under the Forfeiture of Money in Civil Proceedings (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2007. Work has also been undertaken to implement this legislation and a lawyer was recruited at the end of the year to work in this field.

The 2009 Accounts are available here.