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Contempt-of-court [2025] JCA 315

Camilla De Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited and Anor (Court of Appeal : Hearing

Camilla De Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited and Anor (Court of Appeal : Hearing (Civil) : McMahon, Dunlop KC, McCullough KC : Contempt of Court) [2025] JCA 315 (27 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a Royal Court order that conditionally discharged a contempt on further payment after settlement of the underlying trust dispute.

  • Civil-contempt
  • Inherent-jurisdiction
  • Privilege-against-self-incrimination
  • Sanctions-for-contempt
  • Effect-of-settlement-on-contempt
  • Enforcement-of-court-orders
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Criminal-law [2024] JRC 169

AG v Watton-Roberts

AG v Watton-Roberts [2024] JRC 169 (06 August 2024)

The Royal Court sentenced William Watton-Roberts for a brutal domestic assault, possession of cannabis, receiving stolen property, and contempt for recording and sharing court proceedings.

  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
  • Domestic-violence
  • Drugs-offences
  • Receiving-stolen-property
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Sentencing
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Criminal-law [2023] JRC 256

AG v Dodds

AG v Dodds [2023] JRC 256 (14 December 2023)

The Royal Court fined Mr Dodds ÂŁ400 for contempt after he recorded part of sentencing proceedings on his phone, but did not share the recording.

  • Contempt-of-court
  • Use-of-mobile-phones-in-court
  • Recording-court-proceedings
  • Mobile-phone-use-in-court
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Criminal-law [2023] JRC 223

AG v Bellot

AG v Bellot [2023] JRC 223 (15 November 2023)

The Royal Court of Jersey sentenced Georgina Louise Bellot for contempt after she photographed a Crown Advocate’s screen in court, imposing a suspended custodial term.

  • Taking-photographs-in-court
  • Courtroom-conduct
  • Sentencing-for-contempt
  • Use-of-mobile-phones-in-court
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Courtroom-photography
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Civil-procedure [2023] JRC 113

S v T

S v T (Matrimonial) [2023] JRC 113 (03 July 2023)

The Royal Court granted leave to appeal a costs order, finding a risk that the judge had taken account of irrelevant material from contempt findings later altered on appeal.

  • Costs-orders
  • Appeals
  • Discretionary-decisions
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Family-law
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Civil-procedure [2023] JRC 101

Representation of Itkin re Golden Sphinx Limited

Representation of Itkin re Golden Sphinx Limited [2023] JRC 101 (22 June 2023)

The Royal Court of Jersey found a breach of embargo after a draft judgment was disclosed in US bankruptcy proceedings, with no further action taken against Jersey counsel.

  • Breach-of-embargo
  • Confidentiality-of-draft-judgments
  • Professional-responsibility
  • Draft-judgments
  • Contempt-of-court
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Criminal-law [2023] JRC 097

AG v Williams

AG v Williams [2023] JRC 097 (20 June 2023)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused a defence application for private hearings in a sexual offence case involving a vulnerable defendant, ordering the case to proceed in public.

  • Open-justice
  • Reporting-restrictions
  • Mental-health-in-criminal-proceedings
  • Article-6-echr
  • Article-8-echr
  • Article-10-echr
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Civil-procedure [2023] JCA 018

Camilla De Boubon Des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corp. Ltd (formerly BNP Paribas Jsy Trust Corp. Ltd)

Camilla De Boubon Des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corp. Ltd (formerly BNP Paribas Jsy Trust Corp. Ltd) [2023] JCA 018 (31 January 2023)

The Court of Appeal dismissed this appeal as academic after the parties settled the underlying claim and the proceedings would be discontinued.

  • Contempt-of-court
  • Debarring-orders
  • Privilege-against-self-incrimination
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Academic-appeal
  • Dearring-orders
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Family-law [2022] JRC 286

T v S

T v S (Matrimonial) [2022] JRC 286 (16 December 2022)

The Jersey Royal Court found the Defendant in contempt for breaching freezing and disclosure orders, including sale of Property I, inadequate disclosure, and late compliance.

  • Ancillary-relief
  • Freezing-orders
  • Disclosure-obligations
  • Asset-valuation
  • Breach-of-court-orders
  • Contempt-of-court
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Civil-procedure [2022] JRC 248

Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited 9 Nov-2022

Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited 9 Nov-2022 [2022] JRC 248 (09 November 2022)

The court granted leave to appeal only on whether a Hadkinson-type order can be made in a different but related cause from the contempt proceedings.

  • Hadkinson-order
  • Discretion-to-debar-for-contempt
  • Proportionality-of-sanctions
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Civil-procedure
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