Jersey Case Law

State House Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

State House Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Birt : Summary judgment) [2026] JRC 084 (26 March 2026)

The Royal Court held that expert evidence on English law was not necessary and therefore inadmissible in a summary judgment application.

• Expert evidence
• Summary judgment
• Admissibility
• Contractual interpretation
• Entire agreement clause
• No partnership clause

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The Attorney General v Michael John O’Brien

The Royal Court refused a defence application to use prior complaints and sexual history evidence, finding no reasonable basis to infer any earlier complaint was false.

• Rape allegations
• Bad character evidence
• Sexual history evidence
• Admissibility
• Cross-examination
• Complainant credibility

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AG v Y

AG v Y [2024] JRC 040 (24 January 2024)

The Royal Court refused a Crown application to adduce alleged bad character evidence based on home property damage, finding it did not show propensity and would be unfair.

• Bad character evidence
• Admissibility
• Propensity
• Fairness of proceedings
• Bad-character-evidence
• Propensity-evidence

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AG v Goodchild and Mazurke

AG v Goodchild and Mazurke [2023] JRC 188 (19 October 2023)

The Royal Court refused a bad character application to admit a complainant’s prior caution, finding it lacked substantial probative value on a central issue.

• Bad character evidence
• Admissibility
• Credibility of witness
• Bad-character-evidence
• Criminal-evidence
• Witness-credibility

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AG v Goodchild

AG v Goodchild [2023] JRC 176 (29 September 2023)

Pre-trial ruling on bad character evidence: prior violence against strangers admitted on propensity and identification; domestic violence conviction excluded; later bodycam footage admitted in edited form.

• Bad character evidence
• Propensity
• Identification
• Admissibility
• Bad-character-evidence
• Propensity-evidence

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The Attorney General v Bradley Robert James Withe

The Royal Court allowed a defence application to admit alleged bad character evidence about the complainant, finding it had substantial probative value on self-defence.

• Bad character evidence
• Admissibility
• Self-defence
• Assault
• Bad-character-evidence
• Criminal-evidence

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AG v Baska

AG v Baska [2022] JRC 059 (03 March 2022)

Pre-trial ruling on bad character evidence in a Jersey criminal case. The court admitted limited background evidence for both sides, but excluded broader material as too collateral.

• Bad character evidence
• Admissibility
• Domestic violence
• Credibility of witnesses
• Bad-character-evidence
• Criminal-evidence

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Campbell v. Campbell

Campbell v. Campbell [2016] 2 JLR_Note 16 (18 October 2016)

Civil procedure note on whether fresh evidence should be admitted in a Jersey civil proceeding.

• Fresh evidence
• Admissibility
• Civil-procedure
• Fresh-evidence

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Bhojwani v. United Kingdom

Bhojwani v. United Kingdom [2016] 1 JLR 489 (12 July 2016)

The application was held inadmissible because the applicant had not exhausted domestic remedies by raising the Convention complaint in domestic courts.

• Exhaustion of domestic remedies
• European convention on human rights article 35
• Human-rights
• Echr-article-35
• Exhaustion-of-domestic-remedies
• Admissibility

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Att. Gen. v U

Att. Gen. v U [2011] JLR_Note 27 (24 June 2011)

A Jersey note case on whether similar fact evidence is admissible in a criminal interlocutory context.

• Similar facts
• Admissibility
• Evidence
• Similar-fact-evidence

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