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Commercial law [2020] JCA 258

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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Trust law [2008] JLR 250

In re IMK Family Trust v

In re IMK Family Trust v [2008] JLR 250 (15 August 2008)

The court held that a foreign order varying a Jersey trust was unenforceable in Jersey because it conflicted with the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984, article 9.

  • Variation of trusts
  • Foreign judgments
  • Enforceability of foreign orders
  • Trust-variation
  • Foreign-judgments
  • Jersey-trust-law
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Civil procedure [1994] JLR 113

Showlag v Mansour

Showlag v Mansour [1994] JLR 113 (15 March 1994)

The case concerns whether priority in time governs which of two contradictory final foreign judgments is res judicata in Jersey, and whether fairness may override that rule.

  • Estoppel
  • Res judicata
  • Foreign judgments
  • Priority in time
  • Res-judicata
  • Foreign-judgments
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Civil procedure [1992] JLR 219

Showlag v Mansour

Showlag v Mansour [1992] JLR 219 (28 October 1992)

Jersey case on estoppel (chose jugee) and foreign judgments, holding that priority in time between two foreign judgments is not conclusive.

  • Estoppel
  • Chose jugee
  • Foreign judgments
  • Res judicata
  • Foreign-judgments
  • Res-judicata
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Conflict of laws [1987] JLR 86

Le Marquand v Chiltmead

Le Marquand v Chiltmead [1987] JLR 86 (27 March 1987)

The Jersey court allowed registration of a UK judgment for a liquidator, holding that its tax element did not make it an impermissible foreign revenue claim.

  • Foreign judgments
  • Enforcement of foreign revenue claims
  • Company liquidation
  • Conflict-of-laws
  • Foreign-judgments
  • Foreign-revenue-claims
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