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Criminal law [2025] JRC 256

AG v Smith & Cochrane (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Smith & Cochrane (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq : Saisie) [2025] JRC 256 (9 October 2025)

The Royal Court varied a saisie judiciaire to allow Dr Cochrane to transfer the CCBV share to receivers, enabling enforcement of a confiscation order against Mr Smith.

  • Variation of saisie judiciaire
  • Enforcement of confiscation orders
  • Realisable property
  • Nominee shareholding
  • Cross-jurisdictional asset recovery
  • Saisie-judiciaire
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Criminal law [2019] JCA 207

In the matter of saisies judiciaires in respect of the realisable property of Robert Tantular 28-Oct-2019

In the matter of saisies judiciaires in respect of the realisable property of Robert Tantular 28-Oct-2019 [2019] JCA 207 (28 October 2019)

The Court of Appeal held that a mortgage assignment was not prevented by the saisies judiciaires over Robert Tantular’s realisable property, and allowed the appeal.

  • Saisie judiciaire
  • Realisable property
  • Assignment of mortgage
  • Variation of court orders
  • Costs orders
  • Interpretation of proceeds of crime legislation
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Criminal law [2016] 1 JLR 37

In re Rosenlund

In re Rosenlund [2016] 1 JLR 37 (15 March 2016)

The court held that transferring trust assets from one trustee to another was not an indirect gift under the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999.

  • Proceeds of crime
  • Realisable property
  • Indirect gift
  • Trust transfer
  • Proceeds-of-crime
  • Realisable-property
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Criminal law [2014] JRC 243

Tantular -v- AG

Tantular -v- AG [2014] JRC 243 (08 December 2014)

The court held that four post-November 2007 transfers to the Jasmine Investment Trust were gifts caught by Jersey confiscation law, and varied the saisie accordingly.

  • Realisable property
  • External confiscation orders
  • Gifts under proceeds of crime
  • Beneficial entitlement
  • Trust distributions
  • Saisie-judiciaire
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Trusts [2014] JRC 128

Tantular-v -AG

Tantular-v -AG [2014] JRC 128 (10 June 2014)

The court held that a beneficiary of a discretionary trust is not beneficially entitled to all trust assets for confiscation purposes, though transfers into the trust may still be reachable.

  • Confiscation orders
  • Realisable property
  • Discretionary trusts
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Discretionary-trusts
  • Confiscation-orders
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Criminal law [2011] JRC 049

AG -v- Bhojwani

AG -v- Bhojwani [2011] JRC 049 (03 March 2011)

Preliminary confiscation directions in a money-laundering case: no interlocutory appeal, Article 8(2) orders are procedural, and disclosure directions were made.

  • Money laundering
  • Confiscation orders
  • Procedural law
  • Costs in criminal proceedings
  • Realisable property
  • Burden of proof
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Criminal law [2006] JRC 180

AG -v- Gaish 5-Dec-2006

AG -v- Gaish 5-Dec-2006 [2006] JRC 180 (05 December 2006)

The court granted a confiscation order for £34,470 only, rejecting the Crown’s claim that the defendant had financed imported cannabis purchases.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Confiscation order
  • Benefit from crime
  • Realisable property
  • Default sentence
  • Confiscation-order
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Criminal law [2003] JRC 099A

The 1988 Law v Smale

The 1988 Law v Smale [2003] JRC 099A (19 June 2003)

The Jersey Royal Court increased a confiscation order after finding the defendant’s speedboat was realisable property and the public interest favoured correction of the earlier error.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Confiscation orders
  • Realisable property
  • Confiscation-orders
  • Realisable-property
  • Drug-trafficking
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Drug trafficking

The 1988 Law v Smale

The Royal Court issued a certificate under Article 10B(2) and increased Mr Smale’s confiscation order after finding the speedboat was realisable property.

  • Realisable property
  • Confiscation order variation
  • Public interest
  • Realisable assets
  • Article 10b
  • Drug-trafficking
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