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Criminal law [2020] JRC 261

D v AG 16-Dec-2020

D v AG 16-Dec-2020 [2020] JRC 261 (16 December 2020)

The Royal Court allowed a sentence appeal in part, quashing youth detention for repeated dangerous driving and substituting 170 hours of community service.

  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Dangerous driving
  • Custodial threshold
  • Community service orders
  • Dangerous-driving
  • Youth-sentencing
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 167

AG -v- De Lima

AG -v- De Lima [2015] JRC 167 (14 August 2015)

A young defendant was sentenced to 12 months' youth detention for dangerous driving at excessive speed, causing catastrophic injury to the victim.

  • Dangerous driving
  • Youth detention
  • Driving without insurance
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Dangerous-driving
  • Youth-detention
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Tort [2012] JRC 127A

Morley -v- Reed

Morley -v- Reed [2012] JRC 127A (28 June 2012)

Personal injury claim from a road collision. The court found the defendant primarily responsible for turning across the motorcycle’s path, but reduced damages for the plaintiff’s contributory negligence.

  • Negligence
  • Contributory negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Standard of care
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Contributory-negligence
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Criminal law

Gaspar v Att. Gen.

Gaspar v Att. Gen. [2007] JLR_Note 28 (15 March 2007)

Road traffic appeal concerning the appropriate period of disqualification from driving under the relevant statutory framework.

  • Disqualification from driving
  • Period of disqualification
  • Road-traffic
  • Driving-disqualification
  • Criminal-law
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Road traffic

Lidgett v Att. Gen.

Lidgett v Att. Gen. [2005] JLR_Note 43 (03 November 2005)

Road traffic note concerning whether the applicant was lawfully parked in an unloading bay under Jersey parking regulations.

  • Parking
  • Unloading bay
  • Road-traffic
  • Unloading-bay
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Criminal law [2004] JRC 015

AG v CTK

AG v CTK [2004] JRC 015 (23 January 2004)

Sentencing decision imposing 12 months’ youth detention and 2 years’ driving disqualification after repeated offending, probation breach, escape, and dangerous driving.

  • Youth detention
  • Dangerous driving
  • Escape from custody
  • Probation breach
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Driving disqualification
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Road traffic

Lewis v Att. Gen.

Lewis v Att. Gen. [2001] JLR_Note 35 (23 July 2001)

The court held that genuine emergency circumstances could justify exemption from a driving disqualification under Jersey road traffic law.

  • Disqualification from driving
  • Emergency circumstances
  • Road-traffic
  • Driving-disqualification
  • Emergency-circumstances
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Criminal law

White v Att. Gen.

White v Att. Gen. [2001] JLR_Note 25 (21 May 2001)

A Jersey road traffic note on whether parking obstruction in a designated space can amount to an offence where access or traffic is impeded.

  • Obstruction
  • Parking offences
  • Road-traffic
  • Parking-offences
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law [1999] UR 204

1999/204 - AG v Hill

1999/204 - AG v Hill [1999] UR 204 (2 December 1999)

The Jersey Court of Appeal upheld an Article 27 conviction for failing to report an accident, but quashed convictions for drink driving and careless driving after unlawful police entry.

  • Unlawful entry
  • Drink driving
  • Careless driving
  • Failure to report accident
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Unlawful-entry
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Tort [1987] JLR 537

Kaye v Rawnsley-Gurd

Kaye v Rawnsley-Gurd [1987] JLR 537 (08 June 1988)

A Jersey road traffic negligence case holding that where a pedestrian is partly across the road and a crossing is plainly possible, a driver must stop, not just slow down.

  • Negligence
  • Duty to pedestrians
  • Road-traffic-negligence
  • Duty-of-care-to-pedestrians
  • Driver-duty-to-stop
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