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by tommorris 2586 days ago
It is a criminal offence under s9 of the Bail Act 1976 to agree to indemnify a bail surety. If Assange's guarantors had entered into an agreement with Assange, that agreement would have been illegal under English criminal law, and thus an unenforceable contract.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/section/9