Cases brought under the Forfeiture Law since 2018 (FOI)

​Request

Since August 2018, how many cases have been brought under the Forfeiture of Assets (Civil Proceedings) Law (the Forfeiture Law), what were the cases and how much has been forfeited?

Response

The requested information is court information which is absolutely exempt from disclosure in response to a request under Freedom of Information by virtue of Article 24 of that law. 

The Royal Court and the Court of Appeal publishes its judgments on the Jersey Legal Information Board website where they may be searched for under the Judgments search page:

Jersey Law | Search All Judgments​

Article applied

Article 24 - Court information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –

(a) filed with, or otherwise placed in the custody of, a court; or

(b) served upon, or by, the scheduled public authority, in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document created by –

(a) a court; or

(b) a member of the administrative staff of a court, in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.

(3) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –

(a) placed in the custody of; or

(b) created by, a person conducting an inquiry or arbitration, for the purposes of the inquiry or arbitration.

(4) In this Article –

“arbitration” means arbitration to which Part 2 of the Arbitration (Jersey) Law 1998 applies;

“court” includes any tribunal in which legal proceedings may be brought;

“inquiry” means an inquiry or a hearing held under an enactment;

“proceedings in a particular cause or matter” includes an inquest or post-mortem examination.​