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Criminal law [2023] JRC 097

AG v Williams

AG v Williams [2023] JRC 097 (20 June 2023)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused a defence application for private hearings in a sexual offence case involving a vulnerable defendant, ordering the case to proceed in public.

  • Open justice
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Mental health in criminal proceedings
  • Article 6 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Article 10 echr
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Tort [2018] JRC 235

Freeman and Anor v Leveille

Freeman and Anor v Leveille [2018] JRC 235 (20 December 2018)

The Royal Court granted reverse summary judgment in a Jersey defamation claim, holding the publication was minimal and caused no real and substantial tort in Jersey.

  • Defamation
  • Summary judgment
  • Qualified privilege
  • Jurisdiction
  • Abuse of process
  • Reverse-summary-judgment
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Trusts [2018] JRC 051A

HSBC Trustee CI v Kwong

HSBC Trustee CI v Kwong [2018] JRC 051A (06 March 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that its judgment in a trust directions matter should be published without anonymisation, with only minor redactions, because anonymisation would be ineffective and open justice prevailed.

  • Open justice
  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Trustee directions
  • Privacy rights
  • Publication of judgments
  • Open-justice
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Media law

Lewis v Att. Gen.

Lewis v Att. Gen. [2014] 1 JLR_Note 1 (15 November 2012)

An interlocutory application concerning whether the court should restrict publication of proceedings to protect the administration of justice.

  • Reporting restrictions
  • Publication of proceedings
  • Reporting-restrictions
  • Publication-of-proceedings
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Media-law
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Defamation [2012] JRC 092

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd [2012] JRC 092 (10 May 2012)

The Jersey Royal Court held that a Christmas cartoon in the Jersey Evening Post was not defamatory of the Pitmans, either naturally or by innuendo.

  • Libel
  • Defamatory meaning
  • Innuendo
  • Freedom of expression
  • Threshold of seriousness
  • Political satire
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Defamation [2012] JRC 069

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd [2012] JRC 069 (26 March 2012)

In a defamation directions hearing, the court held that plaintiffs may prove extrinsic facts for innuendo meaning, but not witness views on the meaning.

  • Innuendo meaning
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Extrinsic facts
  • Libel
  • Interpretation of defamatory meaning
  • Defamation
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Criminal law [2007] JRC 063A

AG v Jersey Evening Post

AG v Jersey Evening Post [2007] JRC 063A (14 March 2007)

The Jersey Evening Post sought costs after the Attorney General declined to pursue contempt proceedings, but the court held it had no jurisdiction to award them.

  • Contempt of court
  • Costs in criminal cases
  • Media reporting of criminal proceedings
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Criminal-costs
  • Media-reporting
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Trusts [2002] JRC 227

JEP v Qatar

JEP v Qatar [2002] JRC 227 (02 December 2002)

The Royal Court of Jersey held it was not functus officio after discontinuance of the trust proceedings, refused to lift private-hearing and reporting orders, and ordered release of a redacted judgment.

  • Open justice
  • In camera proceedings
  • Functus officio
  • Confidentiality of trust proceedings
  • National security
  • Reporting restrictions
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Media law [1996] JRC 210

AG v The British Broadcasting Corporation

AG v The British Broadcasting Corporation [1996] JRC 210 (08 November 1996)

The court granted an injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting material that risked prejudicing ongoing proceedings and the administration of justice.

  • Broadcasting restrictions
  • Administration of justice
  • Media-law
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Freedom-of-expression
  • Administration-of-justice
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Criminal law [1988] JRC 115

Representation of AG alleging contempt of Court by British Broadcastings Corporation

Representation of AG alleging contempt of Court by British Broadcastings Corporation [1988] JRC 115 (17 June 1988)

Contempt proceedings in Jersey in which the Attorney General alleged the BBC had published or broadcast material interfering with the administration of justice.

  • Contempt of court
  • Freedom of the press
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Freedom-of-the-press
  • Media-law
  • Criminal-law
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