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Criminal law [2022] JRC 152

AG v Little

AG v Little [2022] JRC 152 (15 July 2022)

Sentencing judgment for making indecent images of children. The Royal Court imposed 12 months’ imprisonment, 5-year restrictive and notification orders, and refused anonymisation.

  • Indecent images of children
  • Sentencing
  • Sex offenders register
  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Indecent-images-of-children
  • Sex-offenders-register
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Civil procedure [2018] JCA 071

Sinels v Hennessy

Sinels v Hennessy [2018] JCA 071 (18 April 2018)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a judgment declining to anonymise a public Royal Court judgment. Open justice outweighed the claimed privacy and privilege concerns.

  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Open justice
  • Legal professional privilege
  • Article 8 echr (privacy)
  • Article 6 echr (public hearing)
  • Balancing competing convention rights
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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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Trust law [2012] JRC 098

The C Trust

The C Trust [2012] JRC 098 (14 May 2012)

The Jersey Royal Court rejected a request to withhold or heavily redact a trust judgment, allowing publication in full subject only to anonymisation to protect the grandchildren.

  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Confidentiality in trust proceedings
  • Open justice
  • Publication of judgments
  • Rectification of trust documents
  • Anonymisation-of-judgments
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