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Criminal law [2025] JRC 262

AG v Fisher (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Fisher (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 262 (17 October 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced a defendant for income support fraud to 210 hours of community service, taking account of guilty plea, remorse, and ongoing repayment.

  • Income support fraud
  • Sentencing
  • Repayment of benefits
  • Income-support-fraud
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Community-service-order
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 274

AG v Smith

AG v Smith [2024] JRC 274 (06 December 2024)

Sentencing for repeated Jersey benefit fraud. Despite the custody threshold being met, the court imposed community service and probation after a guilty plea and mitigation.

  • Benefit fraud
  • Sentencing
  • Community service orders
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Community-service-order
  • Probation
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Social security law

E v The Minister for Social Security

Tribunal upheld a 25% LTIA assessment for E, finding the claimant’s pain and fatigue were properly assessed within the mild/moderate CFS/ME bracket.

  • Long term incapacity allowance
  • Loss of faculty assessment
  • Medical appeal
  • Redetermination
  • Incapacity benefit
  • Social-security
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 166

AG v De Freitas

AG v De Freitas [2022] JRC 166 (05 August 2022)

Sentencing for prolonged income support fraud. The Royal Court imposed 15 months' imprisonment after finding no exceptional circumstances to avoid custody.

  • Income support fraud
  • Dishonesty
  • Mitigation
  • Sentencing
  • Income-support-fraud
  • Benefit-fraud
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 097

AG v Goncalves

AG v Goncalves [2022] JRC 097 (22 April 2022)

Sentencing for benefit fraud involving false declarations about cohabitation. The court imposed a 2-year prison sentence suspended for 2 years because of mitigation and delay.

  • Benefit fraud
  • False statements
  • Sentencing
  • Repayment of overpayments
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Social-security-fraud
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 285

The Attorney General v Kelly Anne Bradley

The Attorney General v Kelly Anne Bradley [2021] JRC 285 (12 November 2021)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced Karen and Adrian Bradley to 3 years’ imprisonment for a nine-year benefit fraud involving false household declarations.

  • Benefit fraud
  • False representation
  • Sentencing
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Social-security-law
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 265

AG v Galluzzi

AG v Galluzzi [2021] JRC 265 (22 October 2021)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced a defendant for a prolonged benefit fraud involving nearly ÂŁ149,000, holding that custody was necessary despite mitigation.

  • Benefit fraud
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Income support
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Income-support
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 226A

AG v Vieira

AG v Vieira [2019] JRC 226A (22 November 2019)

Sentencing for income support fraud: the defendant received 18 months’ imprisonment, a compensation order, costs, and no deportation recommendation.

  • Fraud
  • False information
  • Income support
  • Sentencing
  • Compensation order
  • Costs
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 224

AG v Gouveia

AG v Gouveia [2019] JRC 224 (15 November 2019)

Sentencing for prolonged income support fraud. The court imposed 18 months’ imprisonment, refused a compensation order, and made no deportation recommendation.

  • Fraud
  • False representation
  • Income support
  • Sentencing
  • Compensation orders
  • Deportation
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 070

AG -v- Browne

AG -v- Browne [2018] JRC 070 (16 April 2018)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced a defendant for income support benefit fraud after she failed to disclose her husband’s presence in the household.

  • Benefit fraud
  • Income support
  • False information
  • Failure to notify change of circumstances
  • Benefit-fraud
  • Income-support
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