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Trusts and estates [2019] JRC 078

In the matter of Banayou Trust

In the matter of Banayou Trust [2019] JRC 078 (06 May 2019)

The Court authorised distribution of the Banayou Trust assets to the former Yugoslav successor states, approved the trustee’s deed, and set aside a no-publication order.

  • Trust asset distribution
  • Successor states
  • Beneficiary identification
  • Benjamin order
  • Publication of judgments
  • Privacy orders
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Family law [2018] JRC 096

In the matter of Jensen (Free for adoption order)

In the matter of Jensen (Free for adoption order) [2018] JRC 096 (25 May 2018)

The Jersey Royal Court made a freeing order for a baby found abandoned at a hospital, holding that adoption was in the child’s best interests.

  • Adoption
  • Parental responsibility
  • Child welfare
  • Publication of judgments
  • Child-welfare
  • Parental-responsibility
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Trusts [2018] JRC 051A

HSBC Trustee CI v Kwong

HSBC Trustee CI v Kwong [2018] JRC 051A (06 March 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that its judgment in a trust directions matter should be published without anonymisation, with only minor redactions, because anonymisation would be ineffective and open justice prevailed.

  • Open justice
  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Trustee directions
  • Privacy rights
  • Publication of judgments
  • Open-justice
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Trust law [2012] JRC 098

The C Trust

The C Trust [2012] JRC 098 (14 May 2012)

The Jersey Royal Court rejected a request to withhold or heavily redact a trust judgment, allowing publication in full subject only to anonymisation to protect the grandchildren.

  • Anonymisation of judgments
  • Confidentiality in trust proceedings
  • Open justice
  • Publication of judgments
  • Rectification of trust documents
  • Anonymisation-of-judgments
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