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Criminal law [2025] JRC 256

AG v Smith & Cochrane (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Smith & Cochrane (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq : Saisie) [2025] JRC 256 (9 October 2025)

The Royal Court varied a saisie judiciaire to allow Dr Cochrane to transfer the CCBV share to receivers, enabling enforcement of a confiscation order against Mr Smith.

  • Variation of saisie judiciaire
  • Enforcement of confiscation orders
  • Realisable property
  • Nominee shareholding
  • Cross-jurisdictional asset recovery
  • Saisie-judiciaire
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 241

AG v Simon (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Simon (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : MacRae) [2025] JRC 241 (1 October 2025)

The Royal Court varied a confiscation order after the respondent inherited valuable property, treating it as increased realisable property and allowing time for partial payment.

  • Variation of confiscation order
  • After-acquired property
  • Drug trafficking proceeds
  • Judicial discretion
  • Human rights (a1 p1)
  • Confiscation-order-variation
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 081

AG v Jeanne and Timms

AG v Jeanne and Timms [2024] JRC 081 (10 April 2024)

The Jersey Royal Court joined co-owners as parties, made confiscation and compensation orders against Mr Jeanne and Mr Timms, set payment periods, and imposed default terms and costs.

  • Confiscation orders
  • Compensation orders
  • Default sentences
  • Costs orders
  • Joinder of parties
  • Confiscation-orders
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Darius James Pearce

The Royal Court sentenced Darius James Pearce to 7½ years for three money laundering counts linked to a commercial drug enterprise, and adjourned confiscation proceedings.

  • Converting criminal property proceeds
  • Sentencing principles for laundering
  • Predicate drug offences
  • Mitigation
  • Adjournment of confiscation proceedings
  • Money-laundering
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 006

AG v O'Connor and Templeton-Brown

AG v O'Connor and Templeton-Brown [2020] JRC 006 (10 January 2020)

The Royal Court extended time for confiscation proceedings and granted confiscation orders against O'Connor and Templeton-Brown after cannabis conspiracy convictions.

  • Confiscation orders
  • Criminal benefit
  • Joint criminal enterprise
  • Exceptional circumstances
  • Statutory time limits
  • Confiscation-orders
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 113

AG v Arthur

AG v Arthur [2019] JRC 113 (18 June 2019)

The Royal Court held that exceptional circumstances justified a short postponement of confiscation proceedings and refused to lift or vary the saisie judiciaire.

  • Saisie judiciaire
  • Postponement of confiscation proceedings
  • Exceptional circumstances
  • Priority of creditors
  • Variation/discharge of restraint orders
  • Saisie-judiciaire
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 193

AG v Reid

AG v Reid [2018] JRC 193 (18 October 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey enforced a US forfeiture order against a prisoner, rejecting attempts to re-litigate extradition and plea issues already decided in the US.

  • Enforcement of foreign forfeiture orders
  • Extradition
  • Money laundering
  • Human rights
  • Foreign-forfeiture-order-enforcement
  • Money-laundering
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Criminal law [2014] JRC 243

Tantular -v- AG

Tantular -v- AG [2014] JRC 243 (08 December 2014)

The court held that four post-November 2007 transfers to the Jasmine Investment Trust were gifts caught by Jersey confiscation law, and varied the saisie accordingly.

  • Realisable property
  • External confiscation orders
  • Gifts under proceeds of crime
  • Beneficial entitlement
  • Trust distributions
  • Saisie-judiciaire
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Criminal law [2013] JRC 205

AG -v- Warren

AG -v- Warren [2013] JRC 205 (21 October 2013)

The Jersey Royal Court refused to stay confiscation proceedings as an abuse of process, holding that delay, missing evidence, and prior correspondence did not justify a stay.

  • Abuse of process
  • Confiscation proceedings
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Confiscation-proceedings
  • Drug-trafficking
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