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The Attorney General v Shay John Edward Bester

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.

  • Sexual history evidence
  • Leave to cross-examine complainant
  • Fair trial
  • Discharge of jury
  • Retrial application
  • Sexual-history-evidence
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Civil procedure [2026] JRC 020

Carroo Construction Limited v Peroh (Royal Court : Hearing

Carroo Construction Limited v Peroh (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cadin : Expert evidence) [2026] JRC 020 (19 January 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused the Plaintiff permission to adduce Mr Jones’s expert evidence, finding his affidavit incomplete, selective, and non-independent.

  • Expert evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Independence of expert witnesses
  • Litigation conduct
  • Expert-evidence
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 322

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Binnington) [2025] JRC 322 (2 December 2025)

Pre-trial criminal ruling admitting bad character evidence under Article 82F and allowing expert evidence on force used in an alleged prison assault.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Expert evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Propensity
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Civil procedure [2025] JRC 253

Carroo Construction Limited v Peroh (Royal Court : Hearing

Carroo Construction Limited v Peroh (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Cadin : Expert evidence) [2025] JRC 253 (9 October 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey granted procedural extensions, refused to join the plaintiff’s contracts manager personally, limited expert evidence, and made costs orders in a cost-plus construction dispute.

  • Extensions of time
  • Joinder of parties
  • Pleading fraud
  • Expert evidence
  • Costs orders
  • Discovery
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 212

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : MacRae) [2025] JRC 212 (31 July 2025)

The Royal Court refused a late defence application to adduce non-defendant bad character evidence about the complainant in a criminal trial.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Non-defendant bad character
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Criminal-evidence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Michael John O’Brien

The Royal Court refused a defence application to use prior complaints and sexual history evidence, finding no reasonable basis to infer any earlier complaint was false.

  • Rape allegations
  • Bad character evidence
  • Sexual history evidence
  • Admissibility
  • Cross-examination
  • Complainant credibility
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Criminal law [2025] JCA 091

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal)) [2025] JCA 091 (2 April 2025)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal conviction and sentence, and refused fresh evidence, in a criminal assault appeal brought by Andrew Scott Page.

  • Appeal against conviction
  • Admission of fresh evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Indictment amendment
  • Expert medical evidence
  • Alternative charges
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 021

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 021 (21 January 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey admitted a 999 call and initial body-cam statements as res gestae, but excluded later police-account evidence and bad character evidence.

  • Hearsay
  • Res gestae
  • Bad character evidence
  • Propensity
  • Fair trial
  • Res-gestae
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 018

AG v Pounds (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Pounds (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 018 (20 January 2025)

The Deputy Bailiff refused to exclude evidence from key witnesses, but excluded evidence of cannabis possession and related guilty plea as prejudicial and lacking probative value.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Exclusion of prejudicial evidence
  • Site visits
  • Dangerous driving
  • Intoxication
  • Possession of controlled drugs
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 007

AG v Lis

AG v Lis [2025] JRC 007 (08 January 2025)

A Jersey pre-trial ruling excluded evidence about 175 non-indecent images of children in swimwear, finding their probative value slight and their admission unfair.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Sexual offences
  • Indecent images of children
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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