In the matter of Shandra Prakash Bhasin [2015] Royal Court,
unreported judgment 10 September 2015
In the matter of the Estate of Meena Krishnan (deceased)[2015]
unreported judgment, 1 September 2015.
We have two cases in this briefing which make the same simple
point. Jersey is not part of the UK! We shall start
with the Bhasin case.
The Bhasin case
This case dealt with two points, both of which have come before
the Royal Court before: both points however, are of general
interest and are therefore worth restating. The first is a
simple re-statement of a fact (of relevance to will draftsmen
outside Jersey who may be under a misapprehension), namely that
Jersey is not part of the United Kingdom. Jersey is a crown
dependency and as such part of the territory of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. The second point is a succinct
re-confirmation by the Royal Court of how it approaches the
interpretation of a foreign will.
