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Private client [2018] JRC 075

Representation of Violet Matthews

Representation of Violet Matthews [2018] JRC 075 (23 April 2018)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed registration of an Act of Court based on an English enduring power of attorney, for the limited purpose of abandoning dower rights.

  • Registration of foreign enduring power of attorney
  • Capacity and self-determination
  • Curatorship
  • Abandonment of dower
  • Inherent jurisdiction
  • Comity
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Succession law [2011] JLR 603

Amy v Amy

Amy v Amy [2011] JLR 603 (27 July 2011)

In a Jersey succession dispute, the court held that where no agreement exists with the heirs, dower is payable only from the date the widow applies to court.

  • Dower
  • Customary law
  • Application to court
  • Royal court rules 2004 r.13/2(5)
  • Succession-law
  • Customary-law
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Trusts and estates [2011] JRC 044A

In the matter of the Amy Tutelles

In the matter of the Amy Tutelles [2011] JRC 044A (24 February 2011)

The court granted partial summary judgment to two children over tutelle accounts, rejected most defences by the mother, and refused to lift a caveat.

  • Tutelle administration
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Summary judgment
  • Caveat
  • Dower
  • Accounting obligations
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