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Civil procedure [2021] JRC 110

Sinel v Hennessy 14-Apr-2021

Sinel v Hennessy 14-Apr-2021 [2021] JRC 110 (14 April 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey found the respondent in contempt for failing to comply with costs orders and a default judgment protecting privileged documents.

  • Contempt of court
  • Enforcement of foreign judgments
  • Legal professional privilege
  • Costs orders
  • Jurisdictional challenge
  • Admissibility of evidence
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Civil procedure [2021] JRC 050

Sinel v Hennessy and Ors 23-02-2021

Sinel v Hennessy and Ors 23-02-2021 [2021] JRC 050 (23 February 2021)

The Royal Court lifted a stay on taxation of costs and ordered the first defendant to pay all remaining proceedings costs on the indemnity basis.

  • Indemnity costs
  • Jurisdiction challenge
  • Confidentiality
  • Privilege
  • Discovery
  • Service of process
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Civil procedure [2018] JRC 065A

Sinels -v- Hennessy and Others

Sinels -v- Hennessy and Others [2018] JRC 065A (27 March 2018)

The Royal Court refused to anonymize a published judgment, holding that open justice prevailed and that no sufficient basis was shown for redaction.

  • Anonymization of judgments
  • Legal professional privilege
  • Open justice principle
  • Costs
  • Open-justice
  • Judgment-anonymization
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Trust law [2010] JRC 074

Cunningham -v- Cunningham

Cunningham -v- Cunningham [2010] JRC 074 (13 April 2010)

Interlocutory trust dispute on whether a former solicitor could be authorised to give evidence despite legal professional privilege.

  • Waiver of privilege
  • Trustee duties
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Court's supervisory jurisdiction over trusts
  • Legal-professional-privilege
  • Trust-law
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Evidence [1991] JLR 83

In re Continental Tr. Co. v

In re Continental Tr. Co. v [1991] JLR 83 (16 May 1991)

An interlocutory application on legal professional privilege, holding that a document is privileged if created with the dominant purpose of use in legal proceedings.

  • Contemplation of litigation
  • Privileged documents
  • Legal-professional-privilege
  • Contemplation-of-litigation
  • Privileged-documents
  • Evidence
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