Jersey Case Law

In the Matter of the Representation of James Pirie and Alan Roberts as Provisional Liquidators of RTI Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) and in the Matter of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991

The Royal Court approved the provisional liquidators’ costs for RTI Limited after requiring detailed confidential breakdowns of work, seniority and lawyer time.

• Provisional liquidation
• Liquidators' remuneration and costs
• Approval of costs on the papers
• Confidential supporting schedule
• Assessment of work levels and seniority
• Provisional-liquidation

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Representation of Barclays Bank Plc re Marketgait Property Investment Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of Barclays Bank Plc re Marketgait Property Investment Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Temple : Letters of Request) [2026] JRC 096 (14 April 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey granted Barclays’ application for a Letter of Request to place Marketgait into administration in Scotland under the Insolvency Act 1986.

• Administration order
• Letter of request
• Creditor interests
• Insolvency jurisdiction
• Asset realisation
• Cross-border-insolvency

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Representation of Coinshares International Limited (Royal Court : Costs

Representation of Coinshares International Limited (Royal Court : Costs (Civil) : Temple : Companies) [2026] JRC 079 (18 March 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey approved convening a single class meeting for CoinShares’ proposed scheme of arrangement, finding no need for separate meetings.

• Schemes of arrangement
• Shareholder meetings
• Class rights
• Share exchange
• De-spac transactions
• Schemes-of-arrangement

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Pender v Punter Southall Group Limited (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Pender v Punter Southall Group Limited (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Civil) : Crow, Perry, Wolffe : Costs) [2026] JCA 073 (13 March 2026)

The Court of Appeal awarded the respondent 80% of his costs after a partially successful appeal and ordered an interim payment of £125,000 on account.

• Costs
• Unfair prejudice
• Share valuation
• Appeals
• Civil-procedure
• Interim-payment

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Golden Sphinx Limited v Itkin (Royal Court : Hearing

Golden Sphinx Limited v Itkin (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cadin : Companies) [2026] JRC 061 (18 February 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey fixed security for costs at £431,187.88, reduced from the amount sought, and ordered set-off of existing costs orders.

• Security for costs
• Discovery
• Costs recovery
• Cross-jurisdictional litigation
• Security-for-costs
• Civil-procedure

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Pender v Punter Southall Group Limited (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Pender v Punter Southall Group Limited (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Civil) : Crow, Perry, Wolffe : Companies) [2026] JCA 039 (5 February 2026)

Court of Appeal decision on an unfair prejudice share valuation, with most valuation challenges dismissed but the SFA Facility deduction remitted for reconsideration.

• Unfair prejudice
• Share valuation
• Remedies for shareholder oppression
• Appellate review
• Expert evidence
• Unfair-prejudice

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State House Trust Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

State House Trust Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cadin : Expert evidence) [2025] JRC 334 (18 December 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused an application to exclude English-law expert evidence from a summary judgment hearing and allowed the opinion to remain before the court.

• Summary judgment
• Expert evidence
• Shareholder unfair prejudice
• Quasi-partnership
• Contractual construction
• Summary-judgment

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Rassmal Investments LLC v Mubarak Abdullah Al Suwaiket & Sons and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

Rassmal Investments LLC v Mubarak Abdullah Al Suwaiket & Sons and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : MacRae : Companies) [2025] JRC 331 (12 December 2025)

The Royal Court granted declaratory relief to reflect prior findings on valuation and repayment rights, but refused injunctive relief as too imprecise.

• Declaratory relief
• Valuation disputes
• Enforcement of judgments
• Declaratory-relief
• Valuation-disputes
• Injunctive-relief

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Halabi v Farrow and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

Halabi v Farrow and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Thompson : Trust) [2025] JRC 326 (8 December 2025)

Appeal dismissed: the Royal Court upheld strike out and reverse summary judgment, finding the Plaintiff’s fiduciary-duty and dishonest-assistance claims were inadequately pleaded and prescribed.

• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Dishonest assistance
• Strike out applications
• Summary judgment
• Pleading requirements
• Prescription/limitation

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Golden Sphinx Limited v Itkin (Royal Court : Hearing

Golden Sphinx Limited v Itkin (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cabot : Costs) [2025] JRC 320 (1 December 2025)

The Royal Court refused set-off against an outstanding judgment, declined to strike out the defence at this stage, and replaced the unless order with new compliance directions.

• Set-off of judgments
• Unless orders
• Costs enforcement
• Insolvency proceedings
• Declaratory relief
• Set-off-of-judgments

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