Jersey Case Law

State House Trust Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Costs

State House Trust Company Limited and Ors v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and Ors (Royal Court : Costs (Civil) : Bailhache, W : Costs) [2025] JRC 183 (14 July 2025)

The Royal Court ordered the Plaintiffs to pay the Defendants’ costs on the standard basis after refusing interim injunctions, and awarded £58,000 on account.

• Costs
• Interim-injunctions
• Unfair-prejudice
• Civil-procedure
• Company-law

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State House Trust Company Limited and others v Friend Media Technology Systems Limited and others

The Royal Court dismissed a shareholder application for interim injunctions in an unfair prejudice dispute, holding damages and final relief would be adequate.

• Interim-injunctions
• Unfair-prejudice
• Shareholder-dispute
• Enhanced-voting-rights
• Buyout-relief
• Balance-of-convenience

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Between v Geoffrey Crill

Between v Geoffrey Crill [2021] JRC 276 (10 November 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused a freezing and disclosure injunction sought by Hunters Investments Limited, finding insufficient evidence of a real risk of dissipation.

• Interim-injunctions
• Freezing-orders
• Risk-of-dissipation
• Fraud
• Misrepresentation
• Fraud-allegations

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Investin Quay Architects (In Liquidation) v BUJ Architects LLP

Investin Quay Architects (In Liquidation) v BUJ Architects LLP [2021] JRC 233 (21 September 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused an interim injunction restraining an English winding-up petition, allowing the English insolvency process to continue.

• Winding-up-proceedings
• Jurisdictional-conflict
• Interim-injunctions
• Preference-claims
• Centre-of-main-interest-(comi)
• Cross-border-insolvency

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Morelli v Morelli and Wagland and Ors

Morelli v Morelli and Wagland and Ors [2021] JRC 221 (23 August 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused an inquiry into damages on cross-undertakings after ex parte injunctions, finding the claimed losses were not causally shown and discretion also weighed against it.

• Undertakings-in-damages
• Interim-injunctions
• Forced-heirship
• Estate-administration
• Liquidation-of-company
• Discretion-to-order-inquiry

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N v M (Family)

N v M (Family) [2021] JRC 214 (19 August 2021)

The Royal Court discharged an interim injunction preventing a parent from taking a child out of Jersey, finding material non-disclosure and no basis to reimpose it.

• Interim-injunctions
• Residence-orders
• Holiday-travel-with-child
• Full-and-frank-disclosure
• Ex-parte-vs-inter-partes-applications
• Family-law

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Albion Energy Limited v Energy Investments Global Limited and Heritage Oil Limited

Albion Energy Limited v Energy Investments Global Limited and Heritage Oil Limited [2020] JRC 160 (10 August 2020)

The Royal Court held that Practice Direction 15/04 did not strictly apply to a proprietary preservation order over specific shares, and refused to discharge the injunction.

• Interim-injunctions
• Freezing-orders
• Property-preservation
• Practice-direction-compliance
• Security-interest-agreement
• Risk-of-dissipation

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BNP Paribas Jersey Trust Corporation Limited v de Bourbon des Deux Siciles 11-Sep-2019

BNP Paribas Jersey Trust Corporation Limited v de Bourbon des Deux Siciles 11-Sep-2019 [2019] JRC 174 (11 September 2019)

The Royal Court refused to adjourn a jurisdiction challenge hearing, holding that the defendant should be able to contest an ex parte order at the earliest opportunity.

• Jurisdiction
• Case-management
• Interim-injunctions
• Forum-non-conveniens

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Toorani v Toorani

Toorani v Toorani [2019] JRC 058 (04 April 2019)

The Royal Court refused leave to appeal against refusal to discharge interim injunctions and ordered the Interveners to pay 85% of the Plaintiffs’ costs.

• Leave-to-appeal
• Interim-injunctions
• Full-and-frank-disclosure
• Costs-orders
• Proprietary-claims

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Sheyko v Consolidated Minerals and Anor

Sheyko v Consolidated Minerals and Anor [2019] JRC 008 (29 January 2019)

The court ordered costs against the defendant after unsuccessful challenges to an interim Mareva injunction, awarding indemnity costs for the variation/discharge application.

• Interim-injunctions
• Mareva-injunction
• Costs-orders
• Disclosure-obligations

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