Jersey Litigation Guide 2022 (Chambers)

This guide to Jersey dispute resolution and litigation includes commentary on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, statutes of limitations, representative or collective actions, pre-trial litigation proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, settlement, damages, appeals, litigation costs, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and arbitration.

General

General Characteristics of the Legal System

Jersey is one of the relatively few jurisdictions which have a “mixed” legal system. Its legal system is broadly based on elements of common, civil and customary law.

The legal process is conducted through a combination of both written submissions and oral argument, however principally through oral argument.