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Family law [2024] JRC 148

In the matter of VV (Secure Accommodation Order)

In the matter of VV (Secure Accommodation Order) [2024] JRC 148 (21 June 2024)

The Jersey Royal Court granted a three-month secure accommodation order for VV, a looked after child, after finding repeated absconding and serious risk of harm.

  • Secure accommodation orders
  • Looked after children
  • Parental control
  • Child welfare
  • Mental health
  • Secure-accommodation-orders
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 039

AG v Y

AG v Y [2024] JRC 039 (24 January 2024)

Pre-trial criminal ruling allowing a witness’s ABE interview to be played as evidence in chief, relying on witness eligibility or the court’s discretion.

  • Witness evidence
  • Special measures
  • Mental health
  • Video evidence
  • Vulnerable witnesses
  • Witness-evidence
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 128

AG v Lloyd 24-Jul_2023

AG v Lloyd 24-Jul_2023 [2023] JRC 128 (24 July 2023)

At sentencing, the court refused a last-minute adjournment for ADHD assessment, finding any diagnosis would not amount to significant mitigation.

  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Adjournment
  • Mental health
  • Mental-health
  • Criminal-procedure
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Family law [2023] JRC 073

In the matter of PP (Interim Care Order)

In the matter of PP (Interim Care Order) [2023] JRC 073 (10 May 2023)

The Jersey Royal Court made an interim care order for PP, placing him with F and her husband, and deferred final care planning pending further assessment.

  • Interim care order
  • Final care order
  • Parental responsibility
  • Placement of child
  • Domestic violence
  • Mental health
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 236

AG v Dunning

AG v Dunning [2022] JRC 236 (30 October 2022)

Sentencing for commercial supply of controlled drugs in Jersey. The court imposed concurrent custodial terms, crediting early guilty pleas, cooperation, and mental health mitigation.

  • Drug offences
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Mental health
  • Drug-offences
  • Mental-health-mitigation
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 254A

AG v Michel 08-Dec-2020

AG v Michel 08-Dec-2020 [2020] JRC 254A (08 December 2020)

The defendant was sentenced for arson after setting fire to curtains in her flat. The court imposed 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment and a 3-year restraining order.

  • Arson
  • Sentencing
  • Mental health
  • Restraining order
  • Restraining-orders
  • Mental-health-and-sentencing
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 167

AG v Nisbet

AG v Nisbet [2020] JRC 167 (19 August 2020)

The court imposed a mental health treatment order with restrictions, made a detailed restraining order, and dismissed a murder count.

  • Treatment order
  • Restraining order
  • Dismissal of murder charge
  • Mental health
  • Public protection
  • Mental-health-law
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 139

AG v Cox and Quinn

AG v Cox and Quinn [2020] JRC 139 (10 July 2020)

Sentencing for multiple burglaries in Jersey, with mitigation based on troubled backgrounds, mental health and guilty pleas. Custodial terms were imposed.

  • Burglary
  • Sentencing
  • Victim impact
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental health
  • Victim-impact
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 251

AG v N

AG v N [2019] JRC 251 (20 December 2019)

Sentencing for grave and criminal assault led to 2 years' probation with treatment, after the court considered mental health, family support, and alcohol-related risk.

  • Assault
  • Domestic violence
  • Sentencing
  • Probation
  • Mental health
  • Alcohol abuse
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Family law [2018] JRC 003

In the matter of Louise,Tyler,Charlie and James (Care order)

In the matter of Louise,Tyler,Charlie and James (Care order) [2018] JRC 003 (08 January 2018)

The court found James’s acid injury was accidental and held the threshold for an interim care order was not met, so the order fell away.

  • Interim care order
  • Threshold test
  • Domestic violence
  • Mental health
  • Child harm
  • Child-protection
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