Jersey Case Law

MacLeod v The Channel Islands Cooperative Society Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

MacLeod v The Channel Islands Cooperative Society Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Thompson : Personal injuries) [2025] JRC 321 (16 December 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused to allow Mr MacLeod to advance a Wilkinson v Downton intentional harm claim, confining the case to negligence and duty of care issues.

• Psychological injury at work
• Duty of care
• Intentional harm
• Negligence
• Vicarious liability
• Pleadings

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S and Company J Limited v T

S and Company J Limited v T (Matrimonial) [2024] JRC 230 (21 October 2024)

The Jersey Royal Court refused leave to amend and struck out a damages claim arising from freezing injunctions, holding the pleadings failed to allege a viable wrong-grant case.

• Injunctions
• Damages inquiry
• Pleadings
• Abuse of process
• Amendment of claim
• Damages-claim

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Halabi v Farrow and Ors

Halabi v Farrow and Ors [2023] JRC 251 (13 December 2023)

Interlocutory decision on a further-information application, requiring the plaintiff to particularise allegations of fiduciary breach, dishonesty, and assignment.

• Pleadings
• Further information requests
• Directors' duties
• Dishonest assistance
• Assignment of claims
• Breach of fiduciary duty

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de Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Strang and Ors 01-Jul-[2021] JRC 180 (01 July 2021)

The Jersey Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against strike-out and summary judgment, holding that the appellant had complied with the unless order and that a supporting affidavit was mandatory.

• Strike out applications
• Summary judgment
• Pleadings
• Abuse of process
• Right to fair trial
• Summary-judgment

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Monteagle International Limited and Anor v Grocery Market Research Limited and Anor -Nov-20

Monteagle International Limited and Anor v Grocery Market Research Limited and Anor -Nov-20 [2020] JRC 244 (23 November 2020)

The court partly granted a request for further information, ordering limited pleading clarifications and confidential disclosure of Omni’s pricing model.

• Requests for further information
• Pleadings
• Confidential information
• Breach of contract
• Discovery
• Confidentiality club

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Angel Fish v Rok and Ors

Angel Fish v Rok and Ors [2020] JRC 019 (18 February 2020)

The court refused to order expert meetings before reports in a construction dispute, but required a more detailed schedule of loss to clarify the pleaded case.

• Expert evidence
• Case management
• Pleadings
• Schedules of loss
• Construction-law
• Civil-procedure

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HRCKY v Hard Rock Limited and Anor

HRCKY v Hard Rock Limited and Anor [2019] JCA 123 (02 July 2019)

The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against summary dismissal of a counter-claim, holding that alleged fraud, good-faith issues, and disclosure gaps required trial.

• Summary judgment
• Misrepresentation
• Fraud (dol)
• Implied duty of good faith
• Entire agreement clauses
• Contract nullity

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Haddad v GB Trustees Limited and Anor

Haddad v GB Trustees Limited and Anor [2018] JRC 227 (06 December 2018)

The Royal Court ordered GB Trustees Limited to file a further and better affidavit of discovery after serious discovery failures, and awarded the plaintiff substantial indemnity costs.

• Discovery obligations
• Indemnity costs
• Pleadings clarity
• Trustee duties
• Trust-law
• Civil-procedure

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Naylor v Kingsworthy Holdings Limited

Naylor v Kingsworthy Holdings Limited [2018] JRC 173 (18 September 2018)

At a directions hearing over a collapsed wall, the Royal Court held the defendant had not pleaded a proper defence and ordered amendment, costs, and further case management steps.

• Collapse of wall
• Duty of voisinage
• Neighbour disputes
• Pleadings
• Costs orders
• Duty-of-voisinage

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CMC Holdings -v- Forster and Ors

CMC Holdings -v- Forster and Ors [2018] JRC 110 (27 June 2018)

The court gave interlocutory case-management directions on discovery in a complex civil dispute, ordering limited third-party disclosure and deferring pleading amendments.

• Discovery
• Pleadings
• Interlocutory appeals
• Case management
• Civil-procedure
• Case-management

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