He was dismissed from ministerial office in September 2007 and returned to the backbenches until he was disqualified from membership of the States in April 2010 due to his absence from the island.

[11] In accordance with the States of Jersey Law 2005, Syvret was disqualified from his senatorial seat in April 2010 due to 6 months' absence from the island.

[17] He clashed with local trade unions when he campaigned against the renewal of a lease to Shell for its aviation fuel depot at Jersey Airport, in protest over the company's activities in Nigeria.

[18] Svyret opposed proposals for the Limited Liability Partnerships (Jersey) Law 1997,[19] which was sponsored by two UK accountants firms.

[20] During the debate, Syvret stated "Senator Jeune has, in his capacity as president of the Policy and Resources Committee, used his influence to speed up the Law Drafting process and get this matter brought through.

Members voted by 36 to 3 (with 4 abstentions) in favour of the proposition "That Mr. Syvret be suspended from the service of the States until he has withdrawn, by notice in writing to the Greffier, his imputations of improper motives against Senator Jeune".

[26] The States of Jersey subsequently agreed to set up a committee of inquiry into procedural matters relating to the drafting of the legislation.

With the start of a new system of ministerial government in December 2005, Syvret was one of two candidates for the post of Chief Minister, along with Senator Frank Walker.

[30] In a secret ballot on 5 December 2005, the States' assembly elected Walker to be the first Chief Minister in Jersey history by 38 votes to Syvret's 14.

[36] In October 2006, Syvret openly clashed with ministerial colleagues in a debate about whether to exempt food, medicine and other household necessities from the new General Sales Tax.

[47] In July 2007, returning to the States assembly after a period of illness, Syvret – answering a question to him in his role as minister – made scathing criticisms of officials in the Children's Service and other agencies for "bitterly failing" vulnerable young people.

[55] The following day, the Council of Ministers announced that a former director of Devon County Social Services had been appointed to carry out a "wide ranging" inquiry into childcare and child protection in Jersey,[56] which Syvret dismissed as having "absolutely no chance whatsoever of truly digging out and exposing all this issues".

[61] Material published on the blog prompted an investigation commissioned by the States of Jersey Employment Board following complaints from civil servants that they were harassed.

[62] The report by Christopher Chapman found that Syvret had harassed States employees and that the Employment Board had not done enough to defend staff.

[63] Other material posted on the blog by Syvret was to lead to his prosecution for breaches of the Jersey Data Protection Law over his naming of "Nurse M" (see below).

[64] In February 2008, a States of Jersey Police investigation into historic child abuse began to be widely reported in the news media around the world.

[65] Syvret himself was criticized for declining assistance from a former head of New Scotland Yard's paedophile unit during his tenure as health minister.

[66] In May 2008, Syvret made a formal complaint to the police claiming that senior civil servants had perverted the course of justice by covering up abuse of children in care homes.

[70] 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.

[73] Syvret's robust dealings with fellow States members continued in August 2008, when he compared a Jewish senator to a Nazi war criminal in an argument about General Sales Tax.

[78] Syvret was held in custody for seven hours and questioned about alleged breaches of Jersey data protection law in relation to his naming of "Nurse M".

[90] Matters came to head in October when Syvret submitted evidence to the court which he asserted proved that the 1999 police investigation had been a "catastrophic failure".

Syvret stated "it is abundantly clear that the 1999 investigation was in fact catastrophically defective, indeed far, far more so and more alarmingly so than even I originally thought.

He stated: "Well I have to make it plain now, you will have to instruct the police to arrest me because I’m not turning up before this court any further"[89] After this hearing Syvret was offered the services of an experienced advocate assigned to him under the island's legal aid scheme.

[96] Syvret's arrest was ordered on 23 October 2009 when he failed to attend court for the second time that week, having traveled to London where he said he was claiming "legal asylum".

[104] Syvret refused the option of community service and was jailed for ten weeks, fined £4,200 and ordered to pay £10,000 in legal costs.

[106] Syvret's appeal against conviction to the Royal Court, Commissioner Sir Christopher Pitchers presiding, started on 1 August 2011.

[109] The Royal Court repeated criticisms of the police actions in raiding Syvrets' home, arresting him and keeping him in custody.

[90] In the House of Commons, an Early Day Motion sponsored by John Hemming MP critical of Syvret's imprisonment attracted only two signatures.

[122] In 2010, Syvret commenced a civil action in the Royal Court against the Chief Minister, the States Employment Board and the Attorney General of Jersey.