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Tax law [2025] JRC 041

Triton Administration (Jersy) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority (Royal Court : Hearing

Triton Administration (Jersy) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil)) [2025] JRC 041 (11 February 2025)

The Royal Court upheld tax-information notices issued by the Jersey Competent Authority to Triton, holding the requested material was foreseeably relevant and the decision was not irrational or disproportionate.

  • Exchange of information
  • Judicial review
  • Tax residence
  • Double taxation agreements
  • Proportionality
  • Article 8 echr
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Human rights [2024] JCA 084

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority and HM AG

Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited v Jersey Competent Authority and HM AG [2024] JCA 084 (11 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal in a challenge to Jersey’s costs-immunity law, while reaffirming its Article 6 incompatibility ruling.

  • Compatibility of costs immunity with article 6 echr
  • Judicial review
  • Declaration of incompatibility
  • Margin of appreciation
  • Proportionality
  • Legislative aim
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 019

Canavan v AG

Canavan v AG [2024] JRC 019 (23 January 2024)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against a muzzling order made after dog-danger offences, holding the order was disproportionate, though leash and control orders remained.

  • Dangerous dogs
  • Control orders
  • Appeals
  • Proportionality
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Dangerous-dogs
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Administrative law [2024] JRC 016

JTC (Jersey) Limited and Anor v Jersey Competent Authority

JTC (Jersey) Limited and Anor v Jersey Competent Authority [2024] JRC 016 (19 January 2024)

The Royal Court granted leave for judicial review, including a disputed Convention timing point about whether the request related to a pre-Convention tax year.

  • Judicial review
  • Tax information exchange
  • Proportionality
  • Convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters
  • Article 8 echr
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 002

Z v AG

Z v AG [2024] JRC 002 (03 January 2024)

The Jersey Royal Court granted Z’s application to end sex offender notification requirements, finding the remaining risk did not justify continued registration.

  • Sex offender notification requirements
  • Risk assessment
  • Proportionality
  • Privacy
  • Sex-offender-notification
  • Risk-assessment
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Administrative law [2023] JRC 209

Buckley v Minister for Treasury and Resources and Ors

Buckley v Minister for Treasury and Resources and Ors [2023] JRC 209 (07 November 2023)

Leave to seek judicial review was refused on challenges to Jersey’s Budget Law, but leave was granted only on the narrow scope of the Minister’s Direction.

  • Judicial review
  • Legislative process
  • Stamp duty
  • Land transaction tax
  • Retrospective legislation
  • Consultation requirements
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Public law [2022] JCA 257

Pearce v Minister for Home Affairs and Governor of HMP La Moye

Pearce v Minister for Home Affairs and Governor of HMP La Moye [2022] JCA 257 (23 November 2022)

The Court of Appeal held that requiring a prisoner to attend his father’s funeral in handcuffs was a disproportionate interference with Article 8 rights and granted leave for judicial review.

  • Judicial review
  • Temporary release of prisoners
  • Use of restraints
  • Article 8 echr (right to private and family life)
  • Article 3 echr (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment)
  • Proportionality
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Civil procedure [2022] JRC 248

Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited 9 Nov-2022

Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited 9 Nov-2022 [2022] JRC 248 (09 November 2022)

The court granted leave to appeal only on whether a Hadkinson-type order can be made in a different but related cause from the contempt proceedings.

  • Hadkinson order
  • Discretion to debar for contempt
  • Proportionality of sanctions
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Hadkinson-order
  • Leave-to-appeal
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Family law [2021] JRC 243

In the matter of HH (Emergency Protection Order)

In the matter of HH (Emergency Protection Order) [2021] JRC 243 (30 September 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused an Emergency Protection Order for a young child, finding the evidence did not show imminent danger or significant harm.

  • Emergency protection orders
  • Threshold for removal of child
  • Risk of sexual harm
  • Proportionality in child removal
  • Children (jersey) law 2002
  • Emergency-protection-orders
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 122

Rebolo v AG 27-Apr-2021

Rebolo v AG 27-Apr-2021 [2021] JRC 122 (27 April 2021)

The Jersey Royal Court dismissed an appeal against a recommendation for deportation, finding the appellant’s continued presence detrimental to the public good and deportation proportionate.

  • Deportation
  • Proportionality
  • Public good
  • Article 8 echr
  • Disorderly conduct
  • Article-8-echr
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