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Immigration law

Da Costa v Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

The Royal Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a deportation order, finding the Minister had applied Article 8 proportionality properly and not misdirected herself.

  • Deportation
  • Article 8 echr proportionality
  • Judicial review of ministerial decision
  • Immigration rules
  • Public interest in deportation
  • Article-8-proportionality
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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 [2025] JRC 117

AG v Pawlowicz (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Pawlowicz (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 117 (5 May 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced the defendant to 12 months for grave and criminal assault involving a knife in a domestic setting, and made a 5-year domestic abuse prevention order.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Domestic abuse protection order
  • Knife crime
  • Sentencing
  • Deportation
  • Domestic-violence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Marizel Perlaza Penagos

Sentencing following guilty pleas for possession of criminal property and importing heroin and cocaine. The Royal Court imposed 5½ years, made confiscation orders, and recommended deportation.

  • Sentencing
  • Possession of criminal property
  • Importation of class a drugs
  • Heroin
  • Cocaine
  • Confiscation order
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 287

Sandu v AG

Sandu v AG [2024] JRC 287 (18 December 2024)

The Royal Court dismissed a sentence appeal, upholding 9 months’ imprisonment and 5 years’ disqualification for driving offences including refusal to provide a specimen.

  • Sentencing
  • Driving offences
  • Deportation
  • Appeals
  • Driving-offences
  • Sentence-appeals
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 115

JG v AG

JG v AG [2024] JRC 115 (15 May 2024)

The Royal Court of Jersey allowed an appeal against one sexual-offence conviction, upheld another, and revised sentence and ancillary orders.

  • Sexual offences
  • Youth offenders
  • Appeal procedure
  • Sentencing
  • Restraining orders
  • Notification requirements
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 087

AG v Smallegange

AG v Smallegange [2024] JRC 087 (12 April 2024)

Sentencing for importing just under 1 kg of cannabis into Jersey. The court applied drug-trafficking guidelines, credited guilty plea and cooperation, and imposed 10 months' imprisonment.

  • Drug importation
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Deportation
  • Drug-importation
  • Cooperation-mitigation
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 033

AG v Gora

AG v Gora [2024] JRC 033 (09 February 2024)

Sentencing judgment for multiple assaults, spitting at staff and police, and assaulting a 15-year-old. The court imposed 3 years' imprisonment and recommended deportation.

  • Assault
  • Common assault
  • Spitting
  • Deportation
  • Exclusion order
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Marcin Skalimowski

Sentencing for assault and possession of an offensive weapon. The court imposed 1 year and 3 months’ imprisonment, an exclusion order, and no deportation recommendation.

  • Assault
  • Possession of offensive weapon
  • Community service breach
  • Exclusion order
  • Deportation recommendation
  • Custodial sentence
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 046

AG v Cholewinski Ciejka Wierzbicki

AG v Cholewinski Ciejka Wierzbicki [2023] JRC 046 (20 March 2023)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced three men for conspiracy to import and supply controlled drugs, ordered destruction of seized drugs, and addressed deportation.

  • Drug importation
  • Conspiracy
  • Sentencing
  • Deportation
  • Confiscation
  • Drug-importation
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