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Civil procedure [2025] JRC 259

Representation of Raw Mortgage Company Four Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

Representation of Raw Mortgage Company Four Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Bailhache, W : Debt) [2025] JRC 259 (15 October 2025)

The Royal Court considered an application for an Acte Vicomte chargé d'écrire based on an acknowledged debt, and required service on the debtors before any order was made.

  • Acte vicomte chargĂ© d'Ă©crire
  • Acknowledgment of debt
  • Hypothec
  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Service of process
  • Acte-vicomte-charge-d-ecrire
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Property law [2021] JRC 061

Representation of Sheppard re Powell

Representation of Sheppard re Powell [2021] JRC 061 (02 March 2021)

The Royal Court discharged a Clameur de Haro injunction raised by Caroline Powell, holding it could not block the Viscount from enforcing a lawful possession order.

  • Clameur de haro
  • Remise des biens
  • Cession gĂ©nĂ©rale
  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Eviction
  • Injunctions
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Property law [2020] JRC 246A

Representation of Acorn Finance re Powell 27-Nov-2020

Representation of Acorn Finance re Powell 27-Nov-2020 [2020] JRC 246A (27 November 2020)

The Royal Court confirmed a tenancy following dégrèvement, adjudged joint ownership to Mr and Mrs Sheppard, and ordered the tenant to vacate by 31 January 2021.

  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Confirmation of tenancy
  • Real property ownership
  • Degrevement
  • Confirmation-of-tenancy
  • Real-property-ownership
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Property law [2019] JCA 101

Representation of O Passmore and J Melia re degrevement of C Powell

Representation of O Passmore and J Melia re degrevement of C Powell [2019] JCA 101 (07 June 2019)

The Court of Appeal held that a judicial hypothec can secure properly chargeable contractual costs if the agreement makes them accessory to the debt.

  • Judicial hypothec
  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Secured creditors' rights
  • Costs in security enforcement
  • Interpretation of loi (1880) sur la propriĂ©tĂ© foncière
  • Judicial-hypothec
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Property law [2019] JRC 004

Degrevement of the Immovable Property of Mrs Powell

Degrevement of the Immovable Property of Mrs Powell [2019] JRC 004 (17 January 2019)

The Royal Court considered what a tenant après dégrèvement must pay. It held that secured creditors’ legal costs are not covered beyond the registered debt and three years’ interest.

  • DĂ©grèvement procedure
  • Judicial hypothec
  • Secured creditor rights
  • Tenant après dĂ©grèvement obligations
  • Legal costs in enforcement
  • Interest on secured debts
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Insolvency [2018] JRC 073

Representation of Powell

Representation of Powell [2018] JRC 073 (20 April 2018)

The Royal Court held that Mrs Powell’s remise de biens had expired unsuccessfully, deemed cession générale followed, and the stay on dégrèvement proceedings was lifted.

  • Remise de biens
  • Cession gĂ©nĂ©rale
  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Capacity
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Remise-de-biens
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Insolvency [2016] JCA 025

Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited -v- Booth

Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited -v- Booth [2016] JCA 025 (27 January 2016)

The Court of Appeal upheld a désastre for Mr Booth, holding that a debtor may apply before renunciation is ordered and that the modern law generally prefers désastre.

  • DĂ©sastre
  • DĂ©grèvement
  • Adjudication of renunciation
  • Secured creditors
  • Unsecured creditors
  • Discharge of debts
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Bankruptcy [2016] 1 JLR 101

Investec v. Booth

Investec v. Booth [2016] 1 JLR 101 (27 January 2016)

Creditor’s appeal against a declaration of desastre was dismissed. The court held desastre was appropriate and not shown to be worse for unsecured creditors than degrèvement.

  • Desastre
  • Degrèvement
  • Creditor rights
  • Debtor discharge
  • Bankruptcy
  • Degrevement
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Property law [2015] JRC 003

In the matter of Walton Degrevement

In the matter of Walton Degrevement [2015] JRC 003 (06 January 2015)

The Jersey Royal Court held that an undivided share in land owned in common can be hypothecated and can be the subject of dégrèvement.

  • Hypothecation of undivided shares
  • DĂ©grèvement of property owned in common
  • Interpretation of loi (1880) sur la propriĂ©tĂ© foncière
  • Hypothecation
  • Degrevement
  • Undivided-shares
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Bankruptcy [2015] 1 JLR 129

In re Walton (nee de la Haye)

In re Walton (nee de la Haye) [2015] 1 JLR 129 (06 January 2015)

The court held that an undivided share of immovable property owned in common is a bien-fonds, so it may be subject to hypothec and degrèvement.

  • Degrèvement
  • Undivided share
  • Immovable property
  • Hypothec
  • Bankruptcy
  • Property-law
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