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Property-law [2025] JRC 012

Burmingham v Le Hegarat

Burmingham v Le Hegarat [2025] JRC 012 (14 January 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey ordered the sale en licitation of La Presse, rejecting Edward Le Hegarat’s proprietary estoppel and unjust enrichment claims.

  • Co-ownership
  • Licitation
  • Proprietary-estoppel
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Wills-and-succession
  • Succession-law
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Probate

Mauger v Mauger

The Royal Court refused leave to re-amend particulars after a preliminary issue decision, holding the proceedings were functus officio and the new claims were not permitted.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Functus-officio
  • Preliminary-issue
  • Prescription
  • Rapport-Ă -la-masse
  • Rester-sur-ses-avances
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Succession-law [2024] JRC 057

Mauger v Mauger

Mauger v Mauger [2024] JRC 057 (13 March 2024)

The Royal Court refused a late application to re-amend pleadings in a succession dispute, holding the proceedings were functus officio and the new claims were not allowed.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Rapport-Ă -la-masse
  • Rester-sur-ses-avances
  • Fraude-on-the-lĂ©gitime
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Prescription
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Trust-law [2023] JRC 009

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors

Patel v JTC Trust Company Limited and Ors [2023] JRC 009 (13 January 2023)

The Jersey Royal Court allowed only part of a proposed amendment to trust litigation, rejecting unjust enrichment and some other claims, and apportioned costs.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Trustee-duties
  • Conspiracy
  • Dishonest-assistance
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Costs-apportionment
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Property-law [2021] JRC 197

E v F, G and H

E v F, G and H [2021] JRC 197 (26 July 2021)

The court refused an immediate application for licitation over jointly owned property, holding it was premature until the parties’ interests were first determined.

  • Licitation
  • Co-ownership
  • Partition-of-property
  • Summary-judgment
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Mediation
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Contract-law [2020] JRC 179

Murray v Camerons Limited

Murray v Camerons Limited [2020] JRC 179 (08 September 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court held that the parties’ relationship for the main works was governed by a JCT Standard Contract basis, not just the Letter of Intent.

  • Existence-and-terms-of-contract
  • Letter-of-intent
  • Quantum-meruit
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Contractual-amendments
  • Payment-disputes
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Criminal-law [2020] JRC 005

AG v McDermott

AG v McDermott [2020] JRC 005 (10 January 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court refused a compensation order against Mr McDermott after finding that third-party repayment arrangements made double recovery and future loss issues uncertain.

  • Compensation-orders
  • Proceeds-of-crime
  • Double-recovery
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Criminal-restoration
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Contract-law [2018] JRC 148

Doran v Dataquill Limited

Doran v Dataquill Limited [2018] JRC 148 (20 August 2018)

The Royal Court refused a strike-out application, but ordered the plaintiff to amend his pleading to set out the material facts and any quantum meruit alternative.

  • Pleading-requirements
  • Quantum-meruit
  • Strike-out-applications
  • Limitation-periods
  • Estoppel
  • Unjust-enrichment
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Equity [2018] JRC 081

CMC Holdings -v- Forster & Ors

CMC Holdings -v- Forster & Ors [2018] JRC 081 (02 May 2018)

The Jersey Royal Court dismissed appeals by Jeremiah Kiereini and Charles Njonjo against refusal to strike out or summarily dismiss third-party claims.

  • Dishonest-assistance
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Contribution-and-indemnity
  • Breach-of-fiduciary-duty
  • Strike-out-applications
  • Summary-judgment
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Contract-law [2018] JRC 071B

Holmes -v- Lingard and Others

Holmes -v- Lingard and Others [2018] JRC 071B (17 April 2018)

The court dismissed most of Shane Michael Holmes’s appeal, holding there was no sufficiently certain binding agreement with Harry James Lingard in June 2011.

  • Striking-out
  • Summary-judgment
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Unjust-enrichment
  • Reflective-loss
  • Formation-of-contract
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