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Trusts [2025] JRC 197

Geneva Trust Company (GTC) SA v Tchenguiz (Royal Court : Hearing

Geneva Trust Company (GTC) SA v Tchenguiz (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Birt : Trust) [2025] JRC 197 (30 July 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that a 2014 indemnity for Guernsey litigation costs was not validly executed with authority, so GTC’s claim failed.

  • Trustee-indemnity
  • Authority-to-sign
  • Estoppel
  • Contract-formation
  • Costs-liability
  • Actual-authority
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Civil-procedure [2022] JRC 232

Carmichael v Alderton

Carmichael v Alderton [2022] JRC 232 (28 October 2022)

The Royal Court ordered disclosure of probate filings referred to in pleadings and awarded the plaintiff standard costs in a dispute over repayment of a family loan.

  • Discovery-of-documents
  • Loan-repayment
  • Estate-administration
  • Costs-orders
  • Probate-litigation
  • Civil-procedure
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Trusts [2022] JRC 150

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors [2022] JRC 150 (12 July 2022)

The Royal Court refused the draft amendment as pleaded, but excused a procedural breach and allowed the plaintiffs to reapply with clearer particulars.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Fraud
  • Duress
  • Undue-influence
  • Misrepresentation
  • Mistake
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Arbitration [2020] JRC 117

Kinstellar LLC v Eagle Properties (No 14) Limited

Kinstellar LLC v Eagle Properties (No 14) Limited [2020] JRC 117 (18 June 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed third-party service out, ordered payment into court of the costs award, refused security for enforcement costs, and declined a stay.

  • Enforcement-of-arbitral-awards
  • Set-off-and-counterclaim
  • Assignment-of-claims
  • Third-party-procedure
  • Payment-into-court
  • Jurisdiction-for-service-out
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Insolvency [2018] JRC 170

Viscount v Booth and Investec Bank

Viscount v Booth and Investec Bank [2018] JRC 170 (12 September 2018)

The Royal Court upheld the Viscount’s refusal to set aside loan security for erreur and held no further investigation into the désastre was required.

  • DĂ©sastre-proceedings
  • Erreur-(mistake)-in-contract
  • Judicial-hypothec
  • Duties-of-viscount
  • Review-of-administrative-decisions
  • Desastre
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Wills-and-probate [2018] JRC 031

In the matter of II

In the matter of II [2018] JRC 031 (7 February 2018)

Appeals against strike-out orders were dismissed. The court held the sons had no direct cause of action, and fraud allegations were inadequately particularised.

  • Strike-out-applications
  • Fraudulent-misrepresentation
  • Testamentary-capacity
  • Undue-influence
  • Legitime-rights
  • Negligence-of-legal-advisers
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Landlord-and-tenant [2017] JCA 183

Hong Kong Foods Ltd -v- Robin Hood

Hong Kong Foods Ltd -v- Robin Hood [2017] JCA 183 (03 November 2017)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Gibbons’ personal appeal and stayed the company appeal unless Hong Kong Foods is restored to the register.

  • Implied-terms
  • Breach-of-lease
  • Assignment-of-lease
  • Termination-of-lease
  • Misrepresentation
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Contract [2017] JRC 113

Holmes -v- Lingard

Holmes -v- Lingard [2017] JRC 113 (21 July 2017)

The Royal Court held there was no triable case that a binding June 2011 agreement had been made, struck out the related claims, and allowed only an unjust enrichment claim to proceed.

  • Strike-out
  • Summary-judgment
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Misrepresentation
  • Reflective-loss
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Civil-procedure [2017] JRC 098B

Booth -v- Zenith

Booth -v- Zenith [2017] JRC 098B (28 June 2017)

The court ordered disclosure of withheld documents, struck out parts of a witness statement that added unpleaded claims or argument, and awarded costs to the defendant.

  • Discovery
  • Privilege
  • Witness-evidence
  • Reflective-loss
  • Accounting
  • Striking-out-pleadings
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