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Criminal law [2024] JRC 251

AG v N

AG v N [2024] JRC 251 (18 November 2024)

Pre-trial ruling on hearsay in a domestic abuse prosecution. Res gestae statements from a 999 call and body-worn video were admitted; the complainant’s later statement was excluded.

  • Hearsay
  • Res gestae
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Domestic abuse
  • Fair trial rights
  • Res-gestae
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v David Pearce

The Royal Court allowed limited disclosure of a victim psychological report for sentencing, but restricted retention and wider sharing to protect the victim’s privacy and anonymity.

  • Sentencing
  • Disclosure of reports
  • Victim privacy and anonymity
  • Fair trial rights
  • Sexual offences
  • Victim-privacy
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 045

AG v Maher

AG v Maher [2024] JRC 045 (23 February 2024)

The Royal Court refused the Crown’s late application to admit evidence of two earlier drug parcels as bad character evidence, finding unfair prejudice and trial disruption.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Drug importation
  • Fair trial rights
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Evidence-admissibility
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 029

AG v Connor

AG v Connor [2024] JRC 029 (05 February 2024)

The Royal Court admitted evidence of the defendant’s prior lies to police, finding they showed a propensity to be untruthful and were relevant to the central issue at trial.

  • Admissibility of bad character evidence
  • Propensity to untruthfulness
  • Fair trial rights
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Propensity-to-be-untruthful
  • Criminal-evidence
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Tort [2022] JRC 271

Neville v Bray and Ors

Neville v Bray and Ors [2022] JRC 271 (07 December 2022)

The Royal Court held the misfeasance claims were not time-barred, kept the individual defendants in the case under representative conduct, and struck out claims against the Attorney General and a deceased defendant.

  • Misfeasance in public office
  • Vicarious liability
  • Limitation period
  • Fair trial rights
  • Strike out applications
  • Misfeasance-in-public-office
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Civil procedure [2021] JRC 006

Sheyko v Consolidated Minerals Limited 13-Jan-2021

Sheyko v Consolidated Minerals Limited 13-Jan-2021 [2021] JRC 006 (13 January 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey struck out the defendant’s answer and counterclaim after finding serious discovery breaches that deprived the plaintiff of a fair trial.

  • Discovery sanctions
  • Strike out applications
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Withholding of documents
  • Cross-border discovery
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Civil procedure [2018] JRC 234

Fry v Rowlandson

Fry v Rowlandson [2018] JRC 234 (19 December 2018)

The Master held he had no jurisdiction to reinstate proceedings deemed withdrawn under Rule 6/25(1), leaving any reinstatement application to the Royal Court.

  • Inherent jurisdiction
  • Reinstatement of proceedings
  • Deemed withdrawal
  • Relief from sanction
  • Delay and prejudice
  • Fair trial rights
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 230

Barclays Wealth Directors (Jersey) Ltd and Barclays Wealth Corporate -v- AG

Barclays Wealth Directors (Jersey) Ltd and Barclays Wealth Corporate -v- AG [2015] JRC 230 (16 November 2015)

The Jersey Royal Court adjourned an application about funding Windward Trading Limited’s defence, directing a formal legal aid approach and considering use of seized assets only if necessary.

  • Money laundering
  • Corporate criminal liability
  • Legal aid
  • Saisie judiciaire
  • Fair trial rights
  • Money-laundering
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 061A

AG -v- Correia

AG -v- Correia [2015] JRC 061A (26 March 2015)

The court refused leave to use text messages and cross-examine a complainant about other sexual history in an attempted rape case, finding the material irrelevant.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Sexual offences
  • Cross-examination
  • Previous sexual history
  • Fair trial rights
  • Sexual-history-evidence
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 012

Evans -v- AG

Evans -v- AG [2015] JRC 012 (19 January 2015)

The court held that the appellant had abandoned his appeal by conduct after failing to engage with the process or attend the hearing.

  • Abandonment of appeal
  • Fair trial rights
  • Extension of time
  • Service of process
  • Abandonment-of-appeal
  • Criminal-appeal
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