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Criminal law [2023] JRC 256

AG v Dodds

AG v Dodds [2023] JRC 256 (14 December 2023)

The Royal Court fined Mr Dodds ÂŁ400 for contempt after he recorded part of sentencing proceedings on his phone, but did not share the recording.

  • Contempt of court
  • Use of mobile phones in court
  • Recording court proceedings
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Mobile-phone-use-in-court
  • Recording-court-proceedings
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Criminal law [2014] JRC 188A

AG -v- Miller

AG -v- Miller [2014] JRC 188A (01 October 2014)

Miss Miller failed to attend jury service after forgetting the summons because of a surprise holiday. The court found no legitimate excuse and fined her ÂŁ100.

  • Jury service
  • Failure to attend
  • Penalty for non-attendance
  • Jury-service
  • Failure-to-attend
  • Criminal-procedure
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Court procedure

I v J

I v J [2014] 1 JLR_Note 13 (23 January 2014)

A Jersey Law Reports note outlining when the court may appoint an amicus curiae, emphasizing that the appointment is discretionary and depends on the case circumstances.

  • Amicus curiae
  • Appointment circumstances
  • Amicus-curiae
  • Court-procedure
  • Jersey-law-reports
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Criminal law [2010] JRC 053

Metzner -v- AG

Metzner -v- AG [2010] JRC 053 (15 March 2010)

The Royal Court held that a doléance is not an appeal for the purposes of the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961, and the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction.

  • DolĂ©ance
  • Appellate jurisdiction
  • Costs in criminal proceedings
  • Doleance
  • Appellate-jurisdiction
  • Judicial-review
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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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Criminal law

United Capital Corp. Ltd. v Bender

United Capital Corp. Ltd. v Bender [2007] JLR_Note 1 (23 October 2006)

A Jersey Law Reports note concerning criminal contempt of court, addressing whether the respondent’s conduct amounted to contempt interfering with the administration of justice.

  • Contempt of court
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Criminal-law
  • Court-procedure
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