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Civil-procedure [2025] JRC 003

Hellard and Richardson v Bois Bois and Anor

Hellard and Richardson v Bois Bois and Anor [2025] JRC 003 (03 January 2025)

The Royal Court refused joinder, redaction, anonymisation, and privacy for a post-judgment application seeking to alter a 2020 judgment naming the applicant.

  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Redaction/anonymisation-of-judgments
  • Open-justice
  • Article-8-echr-(right-to-privacy)
  • Functus-officio
  • Norwich-pharmacal-relief
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Probate

Mauger v Mauger

The Royal Court refused leave to re-amend particulars after a preliminary issue decision, holding the proceedings were functus officio and the new claims were not permitted.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Functus-officio
  • Preliminary-issue
  • Prescription
  • Rapport-Ă -la-masse
  • Rester-sur-ses-avances
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Succession-law [2024] JRC 057

Mauger v Mauger

Mauger v Mauger [2024] JRC 057 (13 March 2024)

The Royal Court refused a late application to re-amend pleadings in a succession dispute, holding the proceedings were functus officio and the new claims were not allowed.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Rapport-Ă -la-masse
  • Rester-sur-ses-avances
  • Fraude-on-the-lĂ©gitime
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Prescription
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Civil-procedure [2019] JRC 085

Carr v Liston

Carr v Liston [2019] JRC 085 (10 May 2019)

Post-judgment costs ruling holding the court was not functus officio. The plaintiff received standard-basis costs up to the substantive judgment, plus ÂŁ18,000 on account.

  • Costs
  • Functus-officio
  • Indemnity-costs
  • Standard-basis-costs
  • Mediation
  • Delay-in-application
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Civil-procedure [2008] JRC 169

Ball v King

Ball v King [2008] JRC 169 (01 October 2008)

The court dismissed an application to vary a perfected costs order, holding it was final, not interim, and that any challenge lay by appeal. Fraud was not made out.

  • Functus-officio
  • Jurisdiction-to-vary-costs-orders
  • Fraud-and-setting-aside-judgments
  • Forum-non-conveniens
  • Costs-orders
  • Fraud-and-set-aside
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Professional-conduct [2007] JRC 211

RBC v Appleby

RBC v Appleby [2007] JRC 211 (14 November 2007)

The Royal Court held it was not functus officio and lifted its earlier restraint, allowing Appleby to act for Gamlestaden in the Baltic proceedings.

  • Solicitor-conflict
  • Confidential-information
  • Functus-officio
  • Adequate-legal-representation
  • Interim-orders
  • Adequate-representation
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Civil-procedure [2005] JRC 100

Nicholson -v- Health & Social Services Committ

Nicholson -v- Health & Social Services Committ [2005] JRC 100 (21 July 2005)

The Royal Court in Jersey dismissed an application for grounds of appeal and/or security for costs in a pending Privy Council appeal, holding it was functus officio.

  • Appeals
  • Grounds-of-appeal
  • Security-for-costs
  • Jurisdiction
  • Civil-procedure
  • Functus-officio
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Trusts [2002] JRC 227

JEP v Qatar

JEP v Qatar [2002] JRC 227 (02 December 2002)

The Royal Court of Jersey held it was not functus officio after discontinuance of the trust proceedings, refused to lift private-hearing and reporting orders, and ordered release of a redacted judgment.

  • Open-justice
  • In-camera-proceedings
  • Functus-officio
  • Confidentiality-of-trust-proceedings
  • National-security
  • Reporting-restrictions
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