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Immigration law

Da Costa v Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

The Royal Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a deportation order, finding the Minister had applied Article 8 proportionality properly and not misdirected herself.

  • Deportation
  • Article 8 echr proportionality
  • Judicial review of ministerial decision
  • Immigration rules
  • Public interest in deportation
  • Article-8-proportionality
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 324

James v AG (Royal Court : Appeal

James v AG (Royal Court : Appeal (Criminal) : Bailhache, W) [2025] JRC 324 (5 December 2025)

The Royal Court refused an out-of-time criminal appeal from a guilty plea for common assault, finding no arguable basis to challenge conviction or sentence.

  • Appeal against conviction
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Extension of time
  • Guilty plea
  • Disclosure
  • Unlawful arrest
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Tax law [2025] JRC 041

Triton Administration (Jersy) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority (Royal Court : Hearing

Triton Administration (Jersy) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil)) [2025] JRC 041 (11 February 2025)

The Royal Court upheld tax-information notices issued by the Jersey Competent Authority to Triton, holding the requested material was foreseeably relevant and the decision was not irrational or disproportionate.

  • Exchange of information
  • Judicial review
  • Tax residence
  • Double taxation agreements
  • Proportionality
  • Article 8 echr
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Tax law [2024] JCA 280

Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority

Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority [2024] JCA 280 (13 December 2024)

The Court of Appeal refused to extend a stay preventing transmission of tax information, holding that the Royal Court had not erred in permitting disclosure.

  • Exchange of tax information
  • Judicial review
  • Article 6 echr (right of access to court)
  • Costs protection in judicial review
  • Transmission of information under international tax agreements
  • Interlocutory relief
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Tax law [2024] JRC 282

Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited v Comptroller of Revenue

Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited v Comptroller of Revenue [2024] JRC 282 (10 December 2024)

Judicial review of Jersey tax-information notices dismissed. The court held the requested material was foreseeably relevant to a Swedish tax inquiry and was not disproportionate.

  • Exchange of tax information
  • Double taxation agreement
  • Judicial review
  • Foreseeable relevance
  • Article 8 echr
  • Judicial-review
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Public law [2024] JRC 063

J and BB v Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police

J and BB v Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police [2024] JRC 063 (15 March 2024)

The Royal Court granted a protective costs order in a human rights and family-law dispute over police interference with a father's attempt to collect his daughter.

  • Protective costs orders
  • Costs appeals
  • Parental rights
  • Police powers
  • European convention on human rights
  • Children (jersey) law
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Administrative law [2024] JRC 048

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority [2024] JRC 048 (28 February 2024)

The Royal Court granted leave to amend judicial review grounds and to add a Convention-based challenge, finding the new argument about costs and access to court arguable.

  • Judicial review
  • Costs
  • European convention on human rights
  • Compatibility of jersey law with echr
  • Tax information exchange
  • Access to court
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Constitutional law [2024] JCA 085

Buckley v Minister for Treasury and Resources and Ors

Buckley v Minister for Treasury and Resources and Ors [2024] JCA 085 (08 February 2024)

Leave to appeal was granted on constitutional and human-rights grounds arising from Jersey’s higher tax on second homes, including justiciability and retrospectivity.

  • Justiciability of legislative acts
  • Judicial review of taxation
  • Retrospectivity
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Human rights compatibility
  • Discrimination
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Administrative law [2024] JCA 014

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority [2024] JCA 014 (18 January 2024)

The Jersey Court of Appeal held that the 2018 law barring costs orders against public authorities, except for bad faith, was incompatible with Article 6 ECHR.

  • Costs in litigation
  • Judicial review
  • Public authority immunity
  • Interpretation of statutes
  • Compatibility with european convention on human rights (echr)
  • Access to court
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Administrative law [2023] JRC 196

Heath v Minister for the Environment

Heath v Minister for the Environment [2023] JRC 196 (23 October 2023)

The Royal Court held that the planning appeal time limit ran from the date of the Minister’s determination, not notification, and refused an extension of time.

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Time limits for appeal
  • Extension of time
  • Article 6 echr
  • Civil rights in property
  • Planning-law
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