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Trusts [2024] JRC 038

Representation of Colloas Crill LLP Advocate Santos-Costa and Advocate Williams

Representation of Colloas Crill LLP Advocate Santos-Costa and Advocate Williams [2024] JRC 038 (19 February 2024)

The Royal Court held that no party should recover costs of a representation about whether lawyers could continue acting in trust-related proceedings.

  • Costs
  • Conflict of interest
  • Legal representation
  • Supervisory jurisdiction
  • Trusts
  • Conflict-of-interest
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Civil procedure

Crill and Ors v Hunters Investments Limited

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against an order requiring Carey Olsen to cease acting, finding no important point of law and no realistic prospect of success.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Conflict of interest
  • Removal of legal representatives
  • Confidential information
  • Witness-counsel conflict
  • Information barriers
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Civil procedure [2022] JRC 043

Hunters Investments Limited v Crill and Ors

Hunters Investments Limited v Crill and Ors [2022] JRC 043 (17 February 2022)

The Royal Court partly varied an earlier removal order, allowing independent counsel to take over while Carey Olsen remained only in a limited support role.

  • Conflict of interest
  • Legal representation
  • Information barriers
  • Solicitor disqualification
  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Legal-representation
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Professional conduct [2017] JRC 047B

James -v- Law Society of Jersey and Others

James -v- Law Society of Jersey and Others [2017] JRC 047B (22 March 2017)

The Royal Court held that Advocate James could not transmit an anonymous package to the executors’ advocate without leave of court, and granted declaratory relief.

  • Legal professional privilege
  • Duty of confidentiality
  • Declaratory relief
  • Code of conduct interpretation
  • Admissibility of documents
  • Professional-conduct
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Professional conduct

Att. Gen. v. Sinel

Att. Gen. v. Sinel [2015] 1 JLR_Note 19 (27 February 2015)

A Jersey professional-conduct note finding that an advocate who misled the court committed professional misconduct.

  • Misleading court
  • Advocates misconduct
  • Professional-conduct
  • Advocates-misconduct
  • Misleading-the-court
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Civil procedure [2011] JRC 015

Cunningham -v- Sinels

Cunningham -v- Sinels [2011] JRC 015 (19 January 2011)

The Royal Court of Jersey ordered a law firm to release client files in a trust dispute, refusing security and rejecting any lien or copying-cost condition.

  • Solicitor's lien
  • Client file transfer
  • Fee disputes
  • Access to justice
  • Client-file-transfer
  • Solicitor-lien
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Professional conduct [2007] JRC 211

RBC v Appleby

RBC v Appleby [2007] JRC 211 (14 November 2007)

The Royal Court held it was not functus officio and lifted its earlier restraint, allowing Appleby to act for Gamlestaden in the Baltic proceedings.

  • Solicitor conflict
  • Confidential information
  • Functus officio
  • Adequate legal representation
  • Interim orders
  • Solicitor-conflict
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Professional conduct [2007] JRC 150

Abacus (CI) and Anor -v- Bisson and Ors

Abacus (CI) and Anor -v- Bisson and Ors [2007] JRC 150 (27 July 2007)

The Jersey Royal Court restrained Appleby from acting for Gamlestaden after finding a real risk that confidential information from Abacus could be relevant to the Baltic litigation.

  • Solicitor-client confidentiality
  • Disqualification of legal representatives
  • Confidential information
  • Information barriers
  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Solicitor-client-confidentiality
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Professional conduct

Papadimitriou v Quorum Management Ltd.

Papadimitriou v Quorum Management Ltd. [2004] JLR_Note 38 (13 August 2004)

A Jersey Law Reports note on advocates’ duties to the court in preparing pleadings, stressing the need for proper preparation and diligence.

  • Advocates' duties
  • Preparation of pleadings
  • Professional-conduct
  • Advocates-duties
  • Pleadings
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Professional conduct [2004] JLR 219

Takilla Ltd. v OBD

Takilla Ltd. v OBD [2004] JLR 219 (15 June 2004)

A Jersey case on professional conduct holding it undesirable for an advocate to act where a partner in the firm would be a witness, though timing and cost may justify it.

  • Advocate duties
  • Independence
  • Conflict of interest
  • Professional-conduct
  • Advocate-duties
  • Conflict-of-interest
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