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Criminal law [2025] JRC 166

AG v O (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v O (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 166 (23 June 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey sentenced O to 8 years concurrent imprisonment for sexual offences against a young child, and imposed sex offender notification and restraining orders.

  • Sexual offences
  • Child protection
  • Sentencing
  • Abuse of trust
  • Sexual-offences
  • Child-protection
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 181

AG v Marquis

AG v Marquis [2023] JRC 181 (06 October 2023)

Sentencing decision in a Jersey sex offences case imposing a 21-month concurrent prison term, five-year registration restrictions, forfeiture of computers, and costs.

  • Sex offences
  • Child protection
  • Sentencing
  • Forfeiture
  • Costs
  • Sex-offences
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Family law [2023] JRC 072

Q v R (Family) -

Q v R (Family) - [2023] JRC 072 (04 May 2023)

The Royal Court refused a mother’s application for shared residence and shared care, finding unresolved alcohol misuse, harassment, and risk to the child.

  • Residence orders
  • Contact orders
  • Shared care
  • Child protection
  • Parental responsibility
  • Domestic abuse allegations
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 162

AG v Bulpin

AG v Bulpin [2020] JRC 162 (11 August 2020)

The Royal Court held that making indecent images of children can include deliberate downloading to a device’s cache, without proof the defendant knew how cache storage worked.

  • Indecent images
  • Child protection
  • Digital evidence
  • Mens rea
  • Making offence
  • Indecent-images
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 141B

AG v Bulpin

AG v Bulpin [2020] JRC 141B (21 July 2020)

The Royal Court admitted evidence of a defendant’s later sexual-grooming conviction under Jersey bad character rules, but not as explanatory evidence.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Sexual offences
  • Child protection
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Sexual-offences
  • Child-protection
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Family law [2020] JRC 137

In the matter of LL and MM (Prohibited Steps Order and Residence Order)

In the matter of LL and MM (Prohibited Steps Order and Residence Order) [2020] JRC 137 (09 July 2020)

The court ordered the children to live with their mother in Country 1, granted the father joint parental responsibility, and discharged the prohibited steps order.

  • Residence order
  • Prohibited steps order
  • Parental responsibility
  • Child protection
  • Alternative medicine
  • Home schooling
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 093

AG v Facchino

AG v Facchino [2020] JRC 093 (27 May 2020)

The court sentenced the defendant to six years’ imprisonment, imposed a 10-year notification period under Jersey sex offender law, and ordered forfeiture and destruction of property.

  • Sex offences
  • Child protection
  • Sentencing
  • Forfeiture
  • Restraining orders
  • Sex-offences
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 244A

Leigh v AG

Leigh v AG [2019] JRC 244A (18 December 2019)

The court corrected sentencing miscalculations in an indecent images case but upheld the sentence, confirming that 100 or more images at any level is aggravating.

  • Sentencing
  • Child protection
  • Indecent images
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Indecent-images
  • Child-protection
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Public law [2019] JRC 028

A and B and ors v Minister for Health and Social Services and anor

A and B and ors v Minister for Health and Social Services and anor [2019] JRC 028 (19 February 2019)

The Royal Court refused leave for judicial review over child-protection decisions, holding the claims should instead be brought by order of justice under the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000.

  • Judicial review
  • Child protection
  • Emergency protection order
  • Damages for breach of human rights
  • Procedural rules
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 061

AG -v- W

AG -v- W [2018] JRC 061 (20 March 2018)

After conviction for multiple sexual offences against two girls, the court imposed 13 years’ concurrent imprisonment and 10-year restrictive orders.

  • Sexual offences
  • Sentencing
  • Child protection
  • Rape
  • Indecent assault
  • Procuring acts of gross indecency
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