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Probate [2024] JRC 100

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors [2024] JRC 100 (25 April 2024)

The court granted leave for the parties to jointly instruct a handwriting expert on a disputed will, finding the issue necessary and proportionate to resolve.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Validity of will
  • Executor authority
  • Expert-evidence
  • Will-validity
  • Probate
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 060

AG v Canavan

AG v Canavan [2024] JRC 060 (15 March 2024)

The Royal Court admitted a late expert report explaining coded text and Facebook messages as drug-related, finding no real prejudice to the defendant.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Late applications
  • Drug-related offences
  • Interpretation of coded messages
  • Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
  • Late-applications
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Civil procedure [2022] JRC 057

Corbin v Doryneck and Anor

Corbin v Doryneck and Anor [2022] JRC 057 (02 March 2022)

The Jersey Royal Court refused to admit a deceased expert’s reports because doing so would breach an order limiting each party to one seamanship expert.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Hearsay evidence
  • Limitation on expert witnesses
  • Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
  • Hearsay-evidence
  • Expert-witness-limits
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Family law [2020] JRC 252A

N v M (Family) 4-Dec-2020

N v M (Family) 4-Dec-2020 [2020] JRC 252A (04 December 2020)

The court upheld refusal of a father's expert report on Muslims in Country 1, preferring affidavit evidence to avoid delay, and found no apparent bias.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Child welfare
  • Leave to remove
  • Apparent bias
  • Procedural directions
  • Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
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Financial services regulation [2017] JRC 167

Smith -v- SWM Limited

Smith -v- SWM Limited [2017] JRC 167 (11 October 2017)

The court refused summary judgment in a negligent investment advice claim and held the Grant Thornton and Duff and Phelps reports admissible, with weight for trial.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Summary judgment
  • Investment advice standards
  • Hearsay evidence
  • Summary-judgment
  • Expert-evidence
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Trusts [2017] JRC 083

Neal -v- Hawksford Trustees Jersey Limited

Neal -v- Hawksford Trustees Jersey Limited [2017] JRC 083 (05 June 2017)

The Royal Court refused to admit a witness-of-fact accountant’s report as expert evidence, but allowed limited accounting expert evidence on loss assessment.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Breach of trust
  • Loss assessment
  • Overriding objective
  • Expert-evidence
  • Trusts
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 089E

AG -v- F

AG -v- F [2016] JRC 089E (22 April 2016)

The court refused defence expert evidence on repressed and recovered memory, allowing only a written explanation of infantile amnesia, and declined to require the prosecution expert for cross-examination.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Repressed and recovered memory
  • False memory syndrome
  • Infantile amnesia
  • Expert-evidence
  • Memory-reliability
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 079

AG -v- F

AG -v- F [2016] JRC 079 (07 April 2016)

The court refused leave to admit expert evidence on memory reliability in a historic sexual abuse trial, finding the complainant’s account was not unusually detailed.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Memory reliability
  • Sexual offences
  • Jury directions
  • Expert-evidence
  • Memory-reliability
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Civil asset recovery [2016] JRC 060A

Doraville Properties Corporation -v- AG

Doraville Properties Corporation -v- AG [2016] JRC 060A (11 March 2016)

The Royal Court ruled that parts of the applicant’s expert evidence on US law were inadmissible because they crossed into issues for the court to decide.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Foreign law
  • Asset forfeiture
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
  • Foreign-law-expert-evidence
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Family law [2015] JRC 101

in the matter of Freddie and Arthur (No 2) (Care order)

in the matter of Freddie and Arthur (No 2) (Care order) [2015] JRC 101 (13 May 2015)

The court refused to appoint a polygraph expert in care proceedings, holding that credibility of ordinary adult witnesses is for the tribunal, and delay would harm the children.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Polygraph evidence
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Child welfare
  • Delay in proceedings
  • Polygraph-evidence
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