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Criminal law [2023] JRC 043

AG v Reis

AG v Reis [2023] JRC 043 (16 March 2023)

The Royal Court held it could award defence costs where the defendant had early offered to plead guilty to common assault and was convicted only of that alternative offence.

  • Defence costs
  • Summary assessment
  • Legal aid
  • Acquittal
  • Conviction
  • Discretion in costs awards
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Criminal law [2013] JCA 122A

Cameron -v- AG

Cameron -v- AG [2013] JCA 122A (21 June 2013)

The Court of Appeal granted Cameron a costs order for the successful appeal on Count 12, limited to work reasonably connected to preparing that issue.

  • Costs in criminal appeals
  • Legal aid
  • Assessment of costs
  • Partial success in appeals
  • Criminal-appeal-costs
  • Legal-aid
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Criminal law [2010] JRC 106

Metzner -v- AG

Metzner -v- AG [2010] JRC 106 (07 June 2010)

The Royal Court dismissed a petition of doléance seeking costs after a criminal discharge, holding the applicant’s silence and non-disclosure misled the prosecution.

  • Costs in criminal cases
  • Right of silence
  • DolĂ©ance remedy
  • Discretionary judicial decisions
  • Criminal-costs
  • Right-of-silence
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 222

AG -v- Metzner

AG -v- Metzner [2009] JRC 222 (24 November 2009)

The Royal Court considered costs after a prosecution for importing a medicinal product was abandoned. Costs were limited to the period conceded by the Crown.

  • Costs in criminal cases
  • Abandonment of prosecution
  • Absolute offences
  • Mens rea
  • Costs-in-criminal-cases
  • Abandoned-prosecution
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 012

Manning -v- AG

Manning -v- AG [2009] JRC 012 (27 January 2009)

The Royal Court held that the Magistrate had no power to award criminal costs on a standard or indemnity basis, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Award of costs in criminal cases
  • Basis for taxation of costs
  • Jurisdiction of magistrate's court
  • Application of practice directions
  • Criminal-costs
  • Magistrates-court
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