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Criminal law [2026] JRC 098

Mahoney v AG (Royal Court : Hearing

Mahoney v AG (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Temple) [2026] JRC 098 (16 April 2026)

The Royal Court refused an extension of time to appeal conviction and sentence, finding minimal merit in the proposed appeal and no exceptional grounds after guilty pleas.

  • Extension of time to appeal
  • Appeal against conviction
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Guilty plea
  • Magistrate's court guidelines
  • Extension-of-time-to-appeal
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Elliot Victor Potier Gomes

The Royal Court granted leave to amend the indictment, vacated the existing trial date, and directed that the case be tried by the Inferior Number.

  • Amendment of indictment
  • Mode of trial
  • Jury trial versus inferior number
  • Listing and adjournment
  • Amendment-of-indictment
  • Mode-of-trial
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Criminal law [2025] JCA 091

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal)) [2025] JCA 091 (2 April 2025)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal conviction and sentence, and refused fresh evidence, in a criminal assault appeal brought by Andrew Scott Page.

  • Appeal against conviction
  • Admission of fresh evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Indictment amendment
  • Expert medical evidence
  • Alternative charges
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Employment law

Gerald Williams v HSBC Bank Plc

Leave to appeal was refused because the application did not raise a viable question of law and had no realistic prospect of success.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Strike-out
  • Time limit
  • Question of law
  • Litigant in person
  • Leave-to-appeal
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 162

AG v Grihault

AG v Grihault [2023] JRC 162 (08 September 2023)

The Royal Court dismissed an appeal against refusal of bail, holding the Magistrate was entitled to find a risk of further offending and a likely custodial sentence.

  • Bail
  • Remand
  • Custody threshold
  • Mitigation
  • Remand-in-custody
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 272

AG v Akhonya

AG v Akhonya [2022] JRC 272 (08 December 2022)

The Royal Court granted a complainant screens from the defendant while she gave evidence, but refused screening from the public gallery in a pre-trial special measures application.

  • Special measures for witnesses
  • Bigamy
  • False information in marriage notice
  • Witness protection
  • Special-measures
  • Witness-protection
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 258

Pearce v AG

Pearce v AG [2022] JRC 258 (24 November 2022)

The Royal Court held that Article 16 of the 2017 Jersey bail law does not cover appeals against bail conditions, but judicial review remains available.

  • Bail
  • Judicial review
  • Appeals
  • Magistrates' decisions
  • Judicial-review
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 223

AG v Lyons

AG v Lyons [2022] JRC 223 (19 October 2022)

The Royal Court awarded the defendant his costs from public funds after he was acquitted on indictment counts and convicted only on an alternative lesser assault charge.

  • Costs in criminal cases
  • Defence case statements
  • Bad character evidence
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Costs-in-criminal-cases
  • Mixed-verdict-costs
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Criminal law [2022] JCA 195

Le Lay v HM Attorney General

Le Lay v HM Attorney General [2022] JCA 195 (22 September 2022)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against convictions, rejecting fresh evidence, unfair-trial, bias, and unfitness-to-plead arguments.

  • Appeal on fresh evidence
  • Trial in absence of defendant
  • Judicial bias
  • Fitness to plead
  • Cross-examination restrictions
  • Fresh-evidence
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