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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Neville v Bray and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

Neville v Bray and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Mowschenson : Planning) [2025] JRC 139 (23 May 2025)

The Jersey Royal Court dismissed a misfeasance in public office claim arising from planning enforcement and prosecution over unauthorized window replacements.

• Misfeasance in public office
• Malfeasance in public office
• Planning permission
• Enforcement notice
• Retrospective application
• Vicarious liability

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Neville v Bray and Ors

Neville v Bray and Ors [2022] JRC 271 (07 December 2022)

The Royal Court held the misfeasance claims were not time-barred, kept the individual defendants in the case under representative conduct, and struck out claims against the Attorney General and a deceased defendant.

• Misfeasance in public office
• Vicarious liability
• Limitation period
• Fair trial rights
• Strike out applications
• Misfeasance-in-public-office

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Estelle Burns v Voisin Law

The Tribunal rejected claims for constructive unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal, but awarded £1,872 in agreed holiday pay.

• Constructive unfair dismissal
• Wrongful dismissal
• Holiday pay
• Implied term of trust and confidence
• Vicarious liability
• Constructive-dismissal

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AG v McDermott

AG v McDermott [2020] JRC 005 (10 January 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court refused a compensation order against Mr McDermott after finding that third-party repayment arrangements made double recovery and future loss issues uncertain.

• Compensation orders
• Proceeds of crime
• Double recovery
• Vicarious liability
• Unjust enrichment
• Compensation-orders

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CMC v Forster and Ors 09-Oct-2019

CMC v Forster and Ors 09-Oct-2019 [2019] JRC 202 (09 October 2019)

Appeal allowed in a discovery dispute. The Court set aside the Master’s renewed order for 10% dip sampling and restored standard discovery.

• Discovery and disclosure
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Dishonest assistance
• Vicarious liability
• Discovery-and-disclosure
• Civil-procedure

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CMC -v- Forster and Ors

CMC -v- Forster and Ors [2018] JRC 078 (26 April 2018)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed an appeal against limited dip-sampling discovery, ordering a normal discovery exercise in a disputed fiduciary breach claim.

• Discovery
• Document review
• Dishonest assistance
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Vicarious liability
• Document-review

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CSS Limited and Inns -v- Nautech Services Limited

CSS Limited and Inns -v- Nautech Services Limited [2015] JCA 021 (30 January 2015)

The Court of Appeal partly allowed an appeal over alleged misuse of confidential information and copyright infringement, remitting one factual issue to the Royal Court.

• Copyright infringement
• Confidential information
• Interim injunctions
• Vicarious liability
• Appellate review of fact
• Database rights

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Nautech Services Limited -v- CSS Limited and Ors

Nautech Services Limited -v- CSS Limited and Ors [2014] JRC 159 (26 August 2014)

The court found Mr Inns and CSS Limited in contempt for using Nautech’s confidential database information to contact contractors after an interim injunction.

• Copyright infringement
• Confidential information
• Interim injunctions
• Contempt of court
• Vicarious liability
• Contempt-of-court

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Walker, Walker, B and Delarose Trustee Ltd -v- Egerton-Vernon, Walker Representatives Ltd, Chown and Hawksford Trust Company

Walker, Walker, B and Delarose Trustee Ltd -v- Egerton-Vernon, Walker Representatives Ltd, Chown and Hawksford Trust Company [2014] JRC 025 (24 January 2014)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed Delarose’s joinder only against WRL, rejected joinder against PEV and MC as prescribed, and refused Hawksford’s strike out application.

• Joinder of parties
• Strike out applications
• Prescription
• Empêchement d'agir
• Breach of trust
• Vicarious liability

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