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Civil procedure [2024] JRC 243

Halabi v Farrow and Ors

Halabi v Farrow and Ors [2024] JRC 243 (11 November 2024)

The Jersey Royal Court held that it retained discretion to grant relief from sanction after breach of an unless order and excused the Plaintiff’s late payment.

  • Unless orders
  • Relief from sanction
  • Costs orders
  • Strike out
  • Overriding objective
  • Relief-from-sanction
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Civil procedure [2024] JRC 159

Mitchell Building Contractors Limited v Long

Mitchell Building Contractors Limited v Long [2024] JRC 159 (24 July 2024)

The Royal Court allowed a building company to amend its claim to plead a partnership and join the lender couple as defendants, with costs ordered against the applicant.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Partnership liability
  • Striking out applications
  • Overriding objective
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Partnership-law
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 247

AG v Porter

AG v Porter [2023] JRC 247 (11 December 2023)

The Royal Court held that a mixed indictment should be tried by the Inferior Number, relying on Article 48 and the overriding objective to secure an earlier trial date.

  • Mode of trial
  • Mixed indictment
  • Customary law offences
  • Statutory offences
  • Overriding objective
  • Mode-of-trial
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Family law

G v Minister for Children and Education and Anor

The Royal Court partly granted specific discovery in a claim about Article 17 consent, ordering disclosure of draft policy material and limited related communications.

  • Specific discovery
  • Disclosure
  • Children (jersey) law 2002 article 17 consent
  • Parental consent
  • Police protection
  • Overriding objective
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Family law

G v H

G v H (Matrimonial)

The Royal Court refused a preliminary hearing on a prenuptial agreement, holding it could not be assessed in isolation from section 25 factors and wider financial issues.

  • Prenuptial agreement
  • Ancillary relief
  • Case management
  • Disclosure
  • Section 25 factors
  • Overriding objective
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Trusts [2017] JRC 083

Neal -v- Hawksford Trustees Jersey Limited

Neal -v- Hawksford Trustees Jersey Limited [2017] JRC 083 (05 June 2017)

The Royal Court refused to admit a witness-of-fact accountant’s report as expert evidence, but allowed limited accounting expert evidence on loss assessment.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Breach of trust
  • Loss assessment
  • Overriding objective
  • Expert-evidence
  • Trusts
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