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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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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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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Representation of RTI Limited re Pirie and Roberts 4-Sept-2025 (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of RTI Limited re Pirie and Roberts 4-Sept-2025 (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Thompson : Companies) [2025] JRC 221 (4 September 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey granted provisional liquidators a Letter of Request to the English High Court to aid investigation, asset preservation, and recognition of their appointment.

• Provisional liquidation
• Letter of request
• Court's inherent jurisdiction
• Recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings
• Asset preservation
• Provisional-liquidation

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Representation of OWH SE i.L v RTI Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of OWH SE i.L v RTI Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Thompson : Companies) [2025] JRC 204 (8 August 2025)

The Royal Court appointed provisional liquidators for RTI Limited to preserve assets and investigate transfers, while adjourning the creditors’ winding-up decision pending appeals.

• Appointment of provisional liquidator
• Creditors' winding up
• Asset preservation
• Public policy in enforcement of arbitral awards
• Sanctions impact on company assets
• Provisional-liquidator

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Representation of Gardner and Yuill and Aspin (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of Gardner and Yuill and Aspin (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Le Cocq : Companies) [2025] JRC 144 (27 May 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey sanctioned liquidators’ proposed distribution model, holding that the corporate guarantees fell within the Netting Law and that subrogation principles applied.

• Liquidation
• Distribution of assets
• Subrogation
• Netting
• Court sanction
• Intercompany claims

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Booth v The Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Booth v The Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Civil) : Bailhache, W, Wolffe, Matthews : Desastre) [2025] JCA 126 (16 May 2025)

Court of Appeal of Jersey held that the Viscount was not obliged to return an unrealised claim to a discharged debtor and dismissed the appeal.

• Assignment of claims
• Discharge of debtor
• Vesting of property
• Court supervision
• Estoppel
• Abuse of process

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Representation of Transtech Glass Investment Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of Transtech Glass Investment Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil)) [2025] JRC 069 (12 March 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey granted a just and equitable winding up of Transtech Glass Investment Limited under Article 155, finding the holding company had lost its substratum.

• Just and equitable winding up
• Loss of substratum
• Corporate insolvency
• Appointment of liquidators
• Just-and-equitable-winding-up
• Loss-of-substratum

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In the matter of Siena Properties (Jersey) Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

In the matter of Siena Properties (Jersey) Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil)) [2025] JRC 067 (10 March 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey ordered a just and equitable winding up of the Siena Group, rejecting Hawk Lending’s bid for a creditors’ winding up of Bardeaux alone.

• Just and equitable winding up
• Creditors' winding up
• Investigation of company affairs
• Preference payments
• Shadow directorship
• Interest rate review

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