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Criminal law [2022] JRC 276

AG v Akhonya

AG v Akhonya [2022] JRC 276 (12 December 2022)

The Jersey Royal Court refused the prosecution leave to adduce late expert evidence on Kenyan marriage law in a bigamy case, and not guilty verdicts were entered.

  • Bigamy
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Expert evidence
  • Marriage validity
  • Customary law
  • Case management
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 272

AG v Akhonya

AG v Akhonya [2022] JRC 272 (08 December 2022)

The Royal Court granted a complainant screens from the defendant while she gave evidence, but refused screening from the public gallery in a pre-trial special measures application.

  • Special measures for witnesses
  • Bigamy
  • False information in marriage notice
  • Witness protection
  • Special-measures
  • Witness-protection
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 176

AG v Akhonya

AG v Akhonya [2022] JRC 176 (24 August 2022)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that a mixed indictment for false information and customary-law bigamy should be tried by jury, applying Article 48 of the 2018 Law.

  • Mode of trial
  • Bigamy
  • Providing false information
  • Statutory offences
  • Customary law offences
  • Mode-of-trial
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