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The Royal Court refused most sexual-history questioning of a complainant under Article 43 and refused a defence application to discharge the jury and order a retrial.
AG v Correia [2024] JRC 196 (16 September 2024)
The court granted an application for screens so the complainant and a 17-year-old witness could give evidence without the defendant present, to protect evidence quality.
The Royal Court allowed an unrepresented defendant to withdraw a guilty plea to grave and criminal assault, finding the plea was unequivocal but discretion should be exercised in his favour.
B v AG 18-Feb-2021 [2021] JRC 052 (18 February 2021)
The Royal Court allowed an appeal against refusal to vacate a guilty plea for common assault, holding the plea was not unequivocal and staying further prosecution.
Verga v Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd and Ors [2019] JRC 051 (28 March 2019)
The Royal Court struck out a plaintiff’s tort claim as time-barred and, alternatively, because the pleaded allegations were protected by absolute privilege and statutory immunity.
Warren v. Lieutenant-Governor [2017] 1 JLR 291 (21 June 2017)
Judicial review of the Lieutenant-Governor’s refusal to refer a case under art. 43 failed because the Royal Court found the challenge did not meet the very high threshold.
Att. Gen. v. Dixey [2017] 1 JLR_Note 10 (28 April 2017)
Criminal procedure note on whether bail should be granted while the respondent is remanded for sentence.
Doraville Properties Corp. v. Att. Gen. [2017] 1 JLR 64 (22 February 2017)
The court held that a US default judgment expressly finding assets to be proceeds of crime satisfied Jersey’s definition of tainted property.
In re Doraville Properties [2016] 2 JLR 44 (22 July 2016)
The court held that a US default judgment expressly finding money laundering on verified evidence could satisfy Jersey’s definition of tainted property.
AG -v- Maton [2016] JRC 072 (24 March 2016)
The Royal Court held that a magistrate may still commit a case for trial under Article 3(2) of the 1949 Law before sentence, even after a guilty plea has been entered.
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