Civil Proceedings
(Vexatious Litigants) (Jersey) Law 2001
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Civil Proceedings
(Vexatious Litigants) (Jersey) Law 2001
A LAW to empower the Royal Court to
restrain vexatious civil proceedings
Commencement
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endnotes]
1 Powers of Court
(1) If, on an application
by the Attorney General, the Royal Court is satisfied that a person has in the
Royal Court (whether before or after the commencement of this Law) habitually
and persistently and without reasonable grounds instituted vexatious civil
proceedings, whether against the same person or against different persons or
made vexatious applications in civil proceedings, whether instituted by the person
or another, the Court may, after hearing that person or giving that person an
opportunity of being heard, order that –
(a) civil
proceedings shall not be instituted by the person;
(b) civil
proceedings instituted by the person before the making of the order shall not
be continued by the person;
(c) an
application (other than one for leave under this Article) shall not be made by
the person in civil proceedings instituted by any person,
except with the leave of the Court.
(2) An order under paragraph (1)
may provide that it shall cease to have effect at the end of a specified period
but, if it does not, it shall remain in force indefinitely.
(3) The Royal Court shall
not give leave for the institution or continuance of, or for the making of an
application in, civil proceedings by a person who is the subject of an order
for the time being in force under paragraph (1) unless it is
satisfied –
(a) that
the proceedings or application are not an abuse of its process; and
(b) that
there are reasonable grounds for the proceedings or the application.
2 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Civil Proceedings (Vexatious Litigants)
(Jersey) Law 2001.