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Criminal law [2024] JRC 019

Canavan v AG

Canavan v AG [2024] JRC 019 (23 January 2024)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against a muzzling order made after dog-danger offences, holding the order was disproportionate, though leash and control orders remained.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Control orders
  • Appeals
  • Proportionality
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Dangerous-dogs
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 026

AG v Evans - 19-Jan-2021

AG v Evans - 19-Jan-2021 [2021] JRC 026 (19 January 2021)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against orders destroying a dog and disqualifying its owner from keeping dogs, finding a procedural defect and disproportionate sanctions.

  • Dog destruction orders
  • Disqualification from keeping animals
  • Procedural fairness
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Proportionality of sanctions
  • Dog-destruction-orders
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Animal law [2012] JRC 134

Melim -v- AG

Melim -v- AG [2012] JRC 134 (12 July 2012)

On appeal from a dog-destruction order, the court found the dog was not dangerous but had not been kept under proper control, so it imposed control and training conditions.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Animal control orders
  • Appeal procedure
  • Evidence (expert and medical)
  • Dangerous-dogs
  • Animal-control-orders
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Criminal law

Melim v Att. Gen.

Melim v Att. Gen. [2012] 2 JLR_Note 15 (12 July 2012)

A Jersey case note on a dangerous dog matter in which the court granted a destruction order after finding the dog posed a danger to the public.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Destruction orders
  • Dangerous-dogs
  • Destruction-orders
  • Animal-law
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Animal law [2011] JRC 118

Knapp v AG

Knapp v AG [2011] JRC 118 (24 June 2011)

Appeal against an order destroying Jasper the dog was dismissed after the court found, on the balance of probabilities, that Jasper caused the attack.

  • Destruction of dangerous dogs
  • Procedural fairness
  • Evidentiary exclusion for unlawfully obtained evidence
  • Standard of proof in civil proceedings
  • Appeal standards
  • Dangerous-dogs
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Criminal law [2011] JLR 399

Knapp v Att. Gen.

Knapp v Att. Gen. [2011] JLR 399 (24 June 2011)

Appeal concerning a destruction order for a dog under Jersey's dangerous dogs law and the Royal Court's scope of review on appeal.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Destruction orders
  • Appeal procedure
  • Dangerous-dogs
  • Destruction-orders
  • Appeal-procedure
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Criminal law [1994] JLR 134

C v Att. Gen.

C v Att. Gen. [1994] JLR 134 (21 April 1994)

The court held that cattle are “worried” under the Protection of Animals (Jersey) Law 1980 if made ill at ease; the extent of suffering affects sentence, not conviction.

  • Cruelty to animals
  • Causing pain to animals
  • Interpretation of 'worried' under protection of animals (jersey) law 1980
  • Animal-cruelty
  • Criminal-law
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Animal law

In re McInerney v

In re McInerney v [1992] JLR_Note 1a (22 June 1992)

A Jersey report note on dangerous dogs: the court held that a dangerous dog may be removed from its owner and placed elsewhere.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Removal of animals
  • Dangerous-dogs
  • Removal-of-animals
  • Animal-law
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Tort law [1977] JLR 101

Amy v Le Feuvre

Amy v Le Feuvre [1977] JLR 101 (07 September 1977)

A Jersey bull injury case considering animal-owner liability, voluntary assumption of risk, and contributory negligence in reducing damages.

  • Liability for animals
  • Contributory negligence
  • Assumption of risk
  • Liability-for-animals
  • Contributory-negligence
  • Assumption-of-risk
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