Jersey Case Law

MacLeod v The Channel Islands Cooperative Society Limited (Royal Court : Hearing

MacLeod v The Channel Islands Cooperative Society Limited (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil)) [2025] JRC 107 (24 April 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey allowed the plaintiff to serve a witness statement out of time, finding the delay was explained and the evidence relevant, but excluded hearsay and opinion passages.

• Admission of late evidence
• Relief from sanctions
• Duty of care
• Bad faith allegations
• Statutory and contractual duties
• Hearsay evidence

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AG v Porter

AG v Porter [2024] JRC 067 (25 March 2024)

The court admitted a child witness’s hearsay account after finding, under Article 64 of the Jersey law, that admission was in the interests of justice.

• Hearsay evidence
• Admissibility of child witness statements
• Interests of justice
• Police procedures and criminal evidence (jersey) law 2003
• Hearsay-evidence
• Child-witnesses

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AG v Canavan

AG v Canavan [2024] JRC 042 (22 February 2024)

Pre-trial directions in a Jersey criminal case on assault and offensive weapon charges. The court dealt with bad character, special measures, expert DNA evidence and hearsay.

• Assault
• Possession of offensive weapon
• Bad character evidence
• Special measures
• Expert evidence
• Hearsay evidence

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AG v Withe

AG v Withe [2023] JRC 125 (20 July 2023)

The court ruled on trial procedure, screening, bad character evidence, and hearsay in a criminal assault case, allowing the prior conviction and rejecting the hearsay application.

• Bad character evidence
• Hearsay evidence
• Witness protection
• Domestic violence
• Trial procedure
• Bad-character-evidence

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W v AG

W v AG [2022] JCA 117 (26 May 2022)

There was no arguable basis for appeal against conviction; extension of time was refused. The sentence imposed was not manifestly excessive and was consistent with Jersey law and practice. The Royal Court's use of English sentencing guidelines as a cross-check was lawful and appropriate.

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• Sexual offences against children
• Sentencing guidelines
• Appeal procedure
• Hearsay evidence
• Conduct of counsel

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Corbin v Doryneck and Anor

Corbin v Doryneck and Anor [2022] JRC 057 (02 March 2022)

The Jersey Royal Court refused to admit a deceased expert’s reports because doing so would breach an order limiting each party to one seamanship expert.

• Admissibility of expert evidence
• Hearsay evidence
• Limitation on expert witnesses
• Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
• Hearsay-evidence
• Expert-witness-limits

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AG v Mills

AG v Mills [2021] JRC 178 (21 June 2021)

Pre-trial rulings on hearsay, res gestae, bad character evidence, and the admissibility of three police interviews in a sexual offence prosecution.

• Sexual offences
• Hearsay evidence
• Res gestae
• Bad character evidence
• Admissibility of police interviews
• Mental vulnerability in suspects

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Rodrigues v AG 22-Jan-2021

Rodrigues v AG 22-Jan-2021 [2021] JRC 015 (22 January 2021)

The Royal Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for domestic violence, upholding the magistrate’s admission of the complainant’s hearsay statements.

• Hearsay evidence
• Admissibility of witness statements
• Domestic violence
• Police procedures and criminal evidence (jersey) law 2003
• Criminal procedure (jersey) law 2018
• Hearsay-evidence

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Trico Limited v Buckingham

Trico Limited v Buckingham [2020] JRC 106 (04 June 2020)

Interlocutory ruling on hearsay cross-examination, video-link evidence, and costs. The court permitted limited cross-examination of Mr Atherton and ordered subpoena costs in the cause.

• Hearsay evidence
• Cross-examination
• Video link testimony
• Costs orders
• Hearsay-evidence
• Video-link-testimony

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Smith -v- SWM Limited

Smith -v- SWM Limited [2017] JRC 167 (11 October 2017)

The court refused summary judgment in a negligent investment advice claim and held the Grant Thornton and Duff and Phelps reports admissible, with weight for trial.

• Admissibility of expert evidence
• Summary judgment
• Investment advice standards
• Hearsay evidence
• Summary-judgment
• Expert-evidence

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