Jersey Case Law

Moran and Kemp and Deputy Registrar for the Parish of St Helier

The Royal Court held that an illegitimate child in Jersey takes the mother’s surname by customary law, so the Registrar could not register the father’s surname.

• Registration of a child’s surname
• Illegitimate child
• Customary law
• Statutory interpretation
• Article 8 echr
• Article 14 echr

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Thomas v O'Shea

Thomas v O'Shea [1987] JLR_Note 12b (22 September 1988)

Note on access rights concerning an illegitimate child, emphasizing that the child’s welfare is paramount in determining access.

• Children
• Access
• Illegitimate child
• Family-law
• Child-welfare
• Access-rights

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