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Criminal-law [2025] JRC 243

Ferreira v AG (Royal Court : Appeal

Ferreira v AG (Royal Court : Appeal (Criminal) : MacRae) [2025] JRC 243 (2 October 2025)

Criminal appeal partly allowed: one sexual-touching conviction was quashed for insufficient evidence, the remaining convictions stood, and sentence was reduced.

  • Sexual-offences
  • Youth-offenders
  • Sentencing
  • Public-interest
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal-law [2020] JCA 164

Fernandes v AG 07-Jun-2021

Fernandes v AG 07-Jun-2021 [2020] JCA 164 (07 June 2021)

Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a rape conviction, holding there was sufficient evidence of non-consent and no miscarriage of justice.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Intoxication
  • Reasonable-belief-in-consent
  • Jury-directions
  • Inconsistent-verdicts
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Criminal-law [2021] JCA 164

Fernandes v AG

Fernandes v AG [2021] JCA 164 (07 June 2021)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal against a rape conviction, holding the jury had sufficient evidence and no inconsistent verdict error.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Intoxication
  • Reasonable-belief
  • Jury-directions
  • Inconsistent-verdicts
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Criminal-law [2020] JCA 148

B v AG

B v AG [2020] JCA 148 (30 July 2020)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a rape conviction appeal, holding that alleged counsel errors caused no unfairness, the emails were admissible background evidence, and the verdict was supportable.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
  • Expert-evidence
  • Appeal-procedure
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Family-law [2018] JRC 209

In the matter of Eleanor (Care proceedings)

In the matter of Eleanor (Care proceedings) [2018] JRC 209 (16 November 2018)

The Royal Court granted temporary approval for a child in care to remain at a Scottish placement pending further reports, finding the move was in her best interests.

  • Interim-care-orders
  • Secure-accommodation
  • Placement-outside-jurisdiction
  • Consent-of-child-and-parents
  • Child-welfare
  • Care-proceedings
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Contract-law [2017] JRC 159

Calligo Limited -v- Professional Business Systems CI Ltd

Calligo Limited -v- Professional Business Systems CI Ltd [2017] JRC 159 (02 October 2017)

The Royal Court held that signed SOWs created a binding contract between Calligo and PBS, incorporated Calligo’s standard terms, and left damages to be quantified.

  • Contract-formation
  • Consent
  • Standard-terms-and-conditions
  • Objective-vs-subjective-test
  • Damages-for-breach-of-contract
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Duarte Nuno Araujo Drumont Correia

The Royal Court refused a defendant’s bid to use text messages to cross-examine a complainant about previous sexual history in an attempted rape case.

  • Admissibility-of-complainant's-previous-sexual-history
  • Cross-examination-on-sexual-history
  • Text-message-evidence
  • Consent
  • False-allegation
  • Background-evidence
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Contract-law [2010] JLR 287

Incat v Luba Freeport

Incat v Luba Freeport [2010] JLR 287 (30 April 2010)

The court held there was no valid contract to discontinue proceedings because the parties never reached a sufficient meeting of minds and the negotiations were conditional.

  • Elements-of-valid-contract
  • Consent
  • Capacity
  • Objet
  • Cause
  • Volonte
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Tort [2007] JRC 240

Cole v States of Jersey Police

Cole v States of Jersey Police [2007] JRC 240 (13 December 2007)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that disclosure of Harry Royston Cole’s criminal record to Jersey Post was not consented to and was not justified by public interest.

  • Breach-of-confidence
  • Misuse-of-private-information
  • Consent
  • Public-interest
  • Damages-for-injury-to-feelings
  • Injury-to-feelings
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Family-law

In re TS v

In re TS v [2005] JLR_Note 50 (22 December 2005)

Adoption case in which the court considered whether consent is required for adoption proceedings under Jersey family law.

  • Adoption
  • Consent
  • Family-law
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