International
Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Order 2024
Official
Consolidated Version
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version of consolidated legislation compiled and issued under the authority of
the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
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International
Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Order 2024
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“costs” means the amount
of costs in respect of assistance in legal proceedings that the parties to
the proceedings agree or, in the absence of agreement, that the Court determines
to allow on taxation on the indemnity basis or standard basis in accordance
with –
(a) the Royal Court Rules 2004
(the “Royal Court Rules”);
(b) the Court of Appeal (Civil)
Rules 1964; or
(c) the Rules of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council;
“Court” means the Royal Court, Court of Appeal
or Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council;
“indemnity basis” means the basis of taxation of
costs described in Rule 12/5 of the Royal Court Rules;
“Law” means the International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Law 2018;
“standard basis” means the basis of taxation of
costs described in Rule 12/4 of the Royal Court Rules.
2 Costs excluded from
application of Law[1]
Costs that are excluded
from the application of the Law are –
(a) costs below £50,000;
(b) costs of £50,000 or more,
but only to the extent that the person claiming recovery of those costs can
demonstrate to the Court’s satisfaction that the costs will cause the person
financial hardship if they are not recovered; or
(c) costs of £50,000 or more,
if the person claiming recovery of those costs can demonstrate to the Court’s
satisfaction that the public authority acted unreasonably
in the conduct of the legal proceedings giving rise to the costs.
2A Exception to Article 2[2]
Article 2 does not
apply to costs in legal proceedings in respect of an
act done in the discharge, or purported discharge, of a public authority’s functions
under the Taxation (Implementation) (Jersey)
Law 2004 or
Regulations or Orders made under it.
3 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as the International Co-operation (Protection
from Liability) (Jersey) Order 2024 and comes into force on 4th June 2024.