 In July 2008, Syvret and UK Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming began preparations to seek judicial review in London of what they saw as Jack Straw's failure to ensure that Jersey's authorities protected child abuse victims.In March 2009, the Administrative Court refused permission for the case to proceed to a full hearing.Syvret subsequently complained that the hearing was a "farrago", the two judges (Lord Justice Richards and Mr Justice Tugendhat)–who he described as "Allies of the Jersey oligarchy" – were biased and that the High Court hearing was "absurdly short", resulting in "a clear breach of British jurisprudence and of Article 6 of the ECHR".