Welcome to jerseylaw.je, the official website of the Jersey Legal Information Board (JLIB). JLIB launched its original website in November 1999, since when it has been progressively developed and enhanced. The JLIB website publishes one of the most comprehensive collections of legal material of any small jurisdiction, and I believe that it remains the envy of many other countries. It receives nearly two million page views per year from all around the world. JLIB has assisted, and is glad to continue to do what it can to assist other small jurisdictions to establish a similar public service in the interests of international comity.

The new website has improved searching facilities and provides the user with some of very latest technological innovations, such as RSS feeds.

The website includes all Laws in Force and Revised Laws, the Jersey Law Reports (as well as the Jersey Judgments from 1978), the Unreported Judgments of the Jersey courts from 1997 to date, and Practice Directions of the Royal Court. You will also find the current version of the Royal Court Rules 2004, the Jersey and Guernsey Law Review and a student section. Some Norman customary law and civil law texts are available, and I hope that the on-line library of text-books and authorities relevant to the law of Jersey will be greatly expanded in future.

JLIB has achieved much since it came into being in 1998 and this is due largely to the vision and energy of Sir Philip Bailhache, my predecessor as Bailiff. The website is of particular importance. It provides not only an essential service to the legal profession, but also an increasingly useful resource for researchers, for those interested in doing business in the Bailiwick, and of course for the citizens of Jersey.

MICHAEL BIRT

Bailiff and Chief Justice of Jersey

Page last updated 05 Aug 2010