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Criminal law [2025] JCA 316

Mitton v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Mitton v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal) : McMahon, Dunlop KC, McCullough KC) [2025] JCA 316 (27 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Benjamin Mitton’s criminal appeal, holding that circumstantial evidence supported conviction and that the jury directions were adequate.

  • Larceny as a servant
  • Transferring criminal property
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Jury directions
  • Right to silence
  • Criminal-appeal
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Administrative law [2015] JRC 094

Jersey Financial Services Commission -v- W

Jersey Financial Services Commission -v- W [2015] JRC 094 (08 May 2015)

The Royal Court set aside a stay of a regulatory appeal, holding that W had shown only speculative prejudice from a possible criminal investigation.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings
  • Regulatory enforcement
  • Public interest
  • Right to silence
  • Stay-of-proceedings
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Criminal law [2012] JRC 148A

AG -v- Rzeszowski

AG -v- Rzeszowski [2012] JRC 148A (07 August 2012)

The Royal Court held that police-officer evidence of conversations overheard between the defendant and his parents was admissible, except for irrelevant financial remarks.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Right to silence
  • Police procedures
  • Fair trial
  • Code c compliance
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Damian Rzeszowski

Voir dire ruling on admissibility: most overheard conversations between the defendant and his parents were admitted, but financial-arrangements remarks were excluded as irrelevant.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Right to silence
  • Recording of conversations
  • Code c para 12.13
  • Fairness under article 76
  • Covert or overheard statements
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Employment law [2005] JRC 014

Haworth Taylor Tucker v States of Jersey Policy &

Haworth Taylor Tucker v States of Jersey Policy & [2005] JRC 014 (08 February 2005)

The court refused to stop private disciplinary hearings against two States of Jersey employees, finding no real risk of prejudice to possible criminal proceedings.

  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings
  • Injunctions
  • Right to silence
  • Employer's rights
  • Risk of prejudice in criminal proceedings
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Criminal law [2002] JRC 215

AG v McLees Swanston

AG v McLees Swanston [2002] JRC 215 (07 November 2002)

The Royal Court awarded costs to two discharged accused after finding no strong reason to deny them. Their silence did not justify refusing public funding.

  • Costs on abandoned prosecution
  • Right to silence
  • Discretion to award costs
  • Criminal-costs
  • Right-to-silence
  • Abandoned-prosecution
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Criminal law

Ferguson v Att. Gen.

Ferguson v Att. Gen. [1998] JLR_Note 9a (15 January 1998)

The court considered whether improper inferences from the accused’s silence caused a miscarriage of justice, and held that no new trial was warranted.

  • Right to silence
  • Improper inferences
  • Miscarriage of justice
  • Right-to-silence
  • Miscarriage-of-justice
  • Criminal-appeals
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