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J and BB v Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police [2024] JRC 063 (15 March 2024)
The Royal Court granted a protective costs order in a human rights and family-law dispute over police interference with a father's attempt to collect his daughter.
Prospective Applicant v Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police [2019] JRC 56B (02 April 2019)
Judicial review of a Jersey police no-consent decision: the Court refused broad disclosure, but ordered a further affidavit on the 8 November 2018 review decision.
Syvret v Att. Gen. [2012] 2 JLR 94 (16 July 2012)
The court held that police operational decisions are for the police, not the Attorney General, and dismissed a claim that the Attorney General owed a duty of care.
Syvret -v- AG [2012] JRC 138B (16 July 2012)
The Court refused a recusal application and struck out Mr Syvret’s claim against the Attorney General as plainly without merit, holding the police were responsible for the relevant actions.
Syvret v AG and Connetable of Grouville [2011] JRC 115A (17 June 2011)
The Royal Court refused leave for judicial review of police search, arrest, and charging decisions, finding the claims out of time, unsuitable for review, or better dealt with elsewhere.
Att. Gen. v Buckley [2002] JLR 42 (22 January 2002)
Police entry onto a suspect’s property without a warrant to install surveillance equipment was held to be a civil trespass and incompatible with Article 8 privacy rights unless prescribed by law.
Hill v Att. Gen. [1999] JLR 296 (02 December 1999)
The case concerns police powers to enter private property without a warrant, including forced entry to arrest a reasonably suspected offender or protect someone at risk.
Clarkin v Att. Gen. [1991] JLR 232 (28 August 1991)
The court held that a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 had to name all authorised executors at issue, so a blank warrant was invalid.
Melia v Att. Gen. [1989] JLR_Note 9c (18 May 1989)
The court addressed whether police could detain a suspect without arrest for questioning and held they could not. Detention against the suspect’s will required a formal arrest.
In re Quinn v [1985] JLR 425 (02 September 1986)
The court held that police entry without a warrant was lawful when a custom centenier was present, since that presence validated the entry by custom.
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