Jersey Case Law

Energy Investments Global Limited and Heritage Oil Limited v Albion Energy Limited 14-Dec-2020

Energy Investments Global Limited and Heritage Oil Limited v Albion Energy Limited 14-Dec-2020 [2020] JCA 258 (14 December 2020)

The Court of Appeal held that a Jersey security interest survived an English judgment on the underlying debt, but the appeal succeeded on appropriation grounds.

• Doctrine of merger
• Enforcement of security
• Foreign judgments
• Contract interpretation
• Doctrine-of-merger
• Security-interests

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Minister for Infrastructure -v- Parish of St Helier

Minister for Infrastructure -v- Parish of St Helier [2016] JRC 220 (25 November 2016)

The Royal Court ordered the Parish to pay the Minister’s costs on the standard basis and refused a stay pending appeal, treating the matter as ordinary adversarial commercial litigation.

• Costs
• Declaratory relief
• Contract interpretation
• Stay-pending-appeal
• Contract-interpretation
• Commercial-litigation

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Mr A Gouveia v R G Buesnel Limited

The Tribunal awarded Mr Gouveia £3,314 for unpaid holiday pay and upheld a complaint about missing written employment particulars, but made no award for bank holiday pay.

• Holiday pay
• Bank holiday pay
• Written statement of employment particulars
• Contract interpretation
• Holiday-pay
• Bank-holiday-pay

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Marett v Marett

Marett v Marett [2008] JLR 384 (17 October 2008)

The court held that a consent order for financial provision may be set aside only for a fundamental mistake, misrepresentation, or a supervening event, not mere dissatisfaction.

• Financial provision
• Consent order
• Setting aside orders
• Error of fact
• Misrepresentation
• Supervening event

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Incat -v- Luba

Incat -v- Luba [2008] JRC 160 (23 September 2008)

On a post-judgment costs application, the court ordered Luba’s costs on two issues and made no order on the implied-terms issue.

• Costs
• Implied terms
• Contract interpretation
• Implied-terms
• Contract-interpretation

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Langlois Ltd. v La Pulente Devs. Ltd.

Langlois Ltd. v La Pulente Devs. Ltd. [1970] JJ 1497 (03 July 1970)

An estate agent’s commission was held payable on the total value of a development plot and the house to be built, because the contract was treated as a completed-house sale.

• Estate agent commission
• Contract interpretation
• Contract-law
• Agency-law
• Estate-agent-commission
• Contract-interpretation

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