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Data protection

Abramovich v Chief Minister of Jersey and Ors

The Royal Court dismissed the plaintiff’s summons for a fresh review of Tranche 1 personal data, wider mobile searches and a DAT load file, but ordered affidavits on irrelevancy, quality control and complete production.

  • Subject access request
  • Disclosure and redaction
  • Metadata
  • Privilege
  • Case management directions
  • Interlocutory relief
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Civil procedure [2026] JRC 001

RA v Chief Minister of Jersey and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

RA v Chief Minister of Jersey and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Binnington : Costs) [2026] JRC 001 (5 January 2026)

The Royal Court awarded the plaintiff standard-basis costs for both an appeal and the hearing below, refusing indemnity costs because the defendants’ conduct was not exceptional.

  • Costs orders
  • Indemnity costs
  • Standard basis costs
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Pleading amendments
  • Costs-orders
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Data protection [2025] JRC 308

Abramovich v Chief Minister of Jersey and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

Abramovich v Chief Minister of Jersey and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cadin) [2025] JRC 308 (21 November 2025)

The Royal Court granted summary judgment on the GOJ Defendants’ failure to meet DSAR time limits under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law, but left damages for trial.

  • Data subject access requests
  • Breach of statutory duty
  • Summary judgment
  • Discovery/disclosure
  • Extension of time
  • Misfeasance in public office
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Data protection [2016] JRC 050

Alwitry -v- The States Employment Board and Minister for H&SS

Alwitry -v- The States Employment Board and Minister for H&SS [2016] JRC 050 (25 February 2016)

The Royal Court of Jersey partly granted a subject access application, requiring disclosure of category 2 and category 3 data, with limited redactions for third-party privacy.

  • Subject access request
  • Personal data
  • Disclosure
  • Proportionality
  • Motivation for request
  • Balancing rights of data subjects
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Data protection [2016] 1 JLR 172

Alwitry v. States Employment Bd.

Alwitry v. States Employment Bd. [2016] 1 JLR 172 (25 February 2016)

The applicant was entitled to disclosure of relevant employment information, including interview materials, with only unrelated personal data subject to redaction.

  • Disclosure of employment information
  • Redaction of personal data
  • Data-protection
  • Employment-law
  • Disclosure-of-records
  • Redaction-of-personal-data
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Data protection [2015] JRC 131

Alwitry -v- States Employment Board and Minister for H&SS

Alwitry -v- States Employment Board and Minister for H&SS [2015] JRC 131 (17 June 2015)

The Royal Court of Jersey ordered limited production of undisclosed personal data to the court under Article 15 of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

  • Subject access requests
  • Disclosure of personal data
  • Interlocutory orders
  • Legal professional privilege
  • Data-protection
  • Subject-access-requests
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Data protection

Alwitry v. States Employment Bd.

Alwitry v. States Employment Bd. [2015] 1 JLR_Note 32 (17 June 2015)

The court held it could inspect data in deciding a subject access request dispute under data protection law, and judgment was entered for the applicant.

  • Subject access request
  • Inspection of data by court
  • Data-protection
  • Subject-access-request
  • Court-inspection-of-data
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Family law [2014] JRC 212

In the matter of Lucy (Care proceedings)

In the matter of Lucy (Care proceedings) [2014] JRC 212 (05 November 2014)

The Royal Court refused leave to disclose care-proceedings documents for a Serious Case Review, finding the child’s private interests and risks from publication outweighed the public interest.

  • Disclosure of documents
  • Serious case review (scr)
  • Confidentiality in care proceedings
  • Welfare principle
  • Publication of reports
  • Balancing public and private interests
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Administrative law [2014] JRC 114B

Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police -v- The Panel of Jurats

Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police -v- The Panel of Jurats [2014] JRC 114B (21 May 2014)

The Royal Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a police discipline appeal decision, upholding a reduced sanction for PC X and refusing publication of the private appeal reasons.

  • Judicial review
  • Police discipline
  • Sanctions
  • Publication of disciplinary decisions
  • Procedural impropriety
  • Judicial-review
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