Jersey Case Law

AG v Henderson-Bell 30-Sep-2019

AG v Henderson-Bell 30-Sep-2019 [2019] JRC 187 (20 September 2019)

The defendant's conduct constituted a serious affray with elements of premeditation and significant threat to public safety, but strong mitigation including remorse, mental health crisis, and rehabilitation efforts justified a non-custodial sentence with community service, fines, probation, and treatment orders.

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• Affray
• Malicious damage
• Failure to stop
• Careless driving
• Driving under the influence
• Sentencing

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Marquer -v- AG

Marquer -v- AG [2017] JRC 002 (05 January 2017)

Appeal against conviction for traffic offences dismissed. The court upheld the magistrate’s findings and held that disclosure failures did not make the trial unfair.

• Disclosure obligations
• Dangerous driving
• Failure to stop
• Failure to provide driver information
• Evidential weight
• Alibi evidence

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AG -v- Coote

AG -v- Coote [2013] JRC 242 (29 November 2013)

Sentencing for driving whilst unfit and failing to stop: fines were imposed, with default youth detention for non-payment and a 12-month driving ban.

• Driving whilst unfit
• Failure to stop
• Sentencing
• Disqualification
• Driving-whilst-unfit
• Failure-to-stop

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Ruban v Att. Gen. (No. 2)

Ruban v Att. Gen. (No. 2) [1987] JLR 220 (10 August 1987)

The court held that a driver required to “stop” under the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 must remain at a standstill for a reasonable time.

• Failure to stop
• Interpretation of 'stop' under road traffic (jersey) law 1956
• Road-traffic-law
• Failure-to-stop
• Statutory-interpretation

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