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Employment-law

Michelle Bruce v Chapter One (Jersey) Limited

La demanda de despido improcedente y de despido sin preaviso fue desestimada: el tribunal aceptĂł que hubo falta grave, investigaciĂłn razonable y un proceso justo.

  • Unfair-dismissal
  • Wrongful-dismissal
  • Gross-misconduct
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Confidentiality
  • Insubordination
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Criminal-law [2024] JRC 211

AG v Carr and Sevash-Zade

AG v Carr and Sevash-Zade [2024] JRC 211 (11 October 2024)

The court granted a declaration that Crown Advocate Matthew Maletroit could prosecute despite his secondment to the defence firm, finding no confidential information passed and no public confidence risk.

  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Prosecutorial-conduct
  • Confidentiality
  • Public-confidence-in-justice
  • Legal-ethics
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Tax-law [2022] JRC 290

X v Comptroller of Revenue

X v Comptroller of Revenue [2022] JRC 290 (21 December 2022)

The court refused leave for judicial review on procedural unfairness and irrationality, but allowed a challenge that the tax notice may be too broadly drawn.

  • Tax-information-exchange
  • Judicial-review
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Confidentiality
  • Scope-of-information-requests
  • Overbroad-information-request
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Civil-procedure

Deripaska v Chernukhin and Navigator Equities Limited

The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal to the JCPC in this interlocutory privilege dispute, holding that no point of general public importance arose.

  • Legal-professional-privilege
  • Waiver-of-privilege
  • Confidentiality
  • Interlocutory-appeal
  • Permission-to-appeal
  • Judicial-committee-of-the-privy-council
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Trusts-and-estates [2021] JRC 205

Representation of C re P Trust

Representation of C re P Trust [2021] JRC 205 (06 August 2021)

The Jersey Royal Court granted restrictions on how the Representor could share discovered trust documents, citing confidentiality, commercial sensitivity, and adviser conflicts.

  • Confidentiality-in-discovery
  • Trustee-removal
  • Beneficiary-rights
  • Disclosure-restrictions
  • Trust-discovery
  • Confidentiality
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Civil-procedure [2021] JRC 092

Y v Minister for Children and Housing 29-Mar-2021

Y v Minister for Children and Housing 29-Mar-2021 [2021] JRC 092 (29 March 2021)

The court set a disclosure procedure for sensitive children-services records, allowing unredacted access to lawyers and experts but not the plaintiff.

  • Disclosure
  • Redaction
  • Confidentiality
  • Breach-of-duty
  • Protection-of-vulnerable-individuals
  • Children-services
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Civil-procedure [2021] JRC 050

Sinel v Hennessy and Ors 23-02-2021

Sinel v Hennessy and Ors 23-02-2021 [2021] JRC 050 (23 February 2021)

The Royal Court lifted a stay on taxation of costs and ordered the first defendant to pay all remaining proceedings costs on the indemnity basis.

  • Indemnity-costs
  • Jurisdiction-challenge
  • Confidentiality
  • Privilege
  • Discovery
  • Service-of-process
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Trust-law [2016] JRC 110

J -v- K and Others

J -v- K and Others [2016] JRC 110 (27 June 2016)

The Royal Court upheld a foreign letter of request in divorce proceedings, finding procedural defects did not defeat jurisdiction and ordering limited redactions to requested trust-related questions.

  • Letters-of-request
  • Confidentiality
  • Comity
  • Matrimonial-proceedings
  • Trustee-disclosure
  • Trust-confidentiality
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Family-law [2015] 2 JLR 126

X Children v. H.&S.S. Min.

X Children v. H.&S.S. Min. [2015] 2 JLR 126 (08 December 2015)

The court ordered anonymized expert reports disclosed to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry, balancing implied confidentiality against the public interest in investigating child abuse and neglect.

  • Children
  • Confidentiality
  • Disclosure
  • Child-abuse
  • Neglect
  • Family-law
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Child-protection [2015] JRC 252

X Children -v- Minister for Health and Social Services

X Children -v- Minister for Health and Social Services [2015] JRC 252 (08 December 2015)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed disclosure of post-October 2014 expert reports from child abuse proceedings to the Jersey Care Inquiry, subject to redaction.

  • Disclosure-of-documents
  • Public-inquiry
  • Balancing-exercise
  • Anonymity-orders
  • Confidentiality
  • Child-protection
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