CONTENTS

Miscellany

Artificial intelligence and the legal profession244

Légitime and rapport à la masse in the spotlight246

Articles

• Twenty-five years on: an empirical study of the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000

  Andrew Le Sueur249

  This article offers the first systematic evaluation of the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000 (HRJL), twenty-five years after its enactment. Using court judgments, States Assembly debates, scrutiny reports and government documents, it applies Joshua Newman’s four evaluative dimensions—objectives, tools, distributional outcomes and political impact—to a constitutional statute. The record is mixed. Rights feature in litigation and legislative process but enforcement is patchy and access limited by restrictive legal aid. Institutions are sparse: there is no commissioner, no committee, and only a short-lived programme of public legal education. Distribution is uneven: foreign offenders and financial actors have mobilised rights most effectively, while women and low-income groups are largely absent. Politically, incorporation has proved stable but low-salience, with rights almost invisible in elections, Assembly debate, and civil society. The study concludes that the HRJL has delivered stability without salience, entrenchment without civic depth.

• “Crown Dependency”: history, usage and possible reform

  Peter Edge285

  “Crown Dependency” is a collective term used to refer to the Isle of Man, and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey (the latter of which includes Alderney and Sark, the whole Bailiwick for ease simply referred to as Guernsey), which will be referred to as “the jurisdictions” in this article. The history of “Crown Dependency” as a collective term will be considered; along with the possible advantages and disadvantages of an umbrella term referring to the jurisdictions; and alternatives to “Crown Dependency” as the term for this category.

Shorter Articles

• The Ministry Strikes Back: the UK’s response to the Justice Select Committee report

  Simon Hodgett308

  After the House of Commons Justice Select Committee reported on the constitutional relationship between the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies in March 2024, the UK Government took some time to respond to the criticisms and suggestions made in that report. This short article, which follows an earlier article on the UK’s power to legislate for the Crown Dependencies (the “original article”), examines the UK’s views as to when a permissive extent clause (“PEC”) may be included in primary legislation without the consent of a Crown Dependency.

• Family Foundation and relationship breakdown

  Samantha McFadzean316

  Created to offer litigants an alternative to traditional family litigation often characterised by latent hostility, this article explores how the Royal Court of Jersey’s Family Foundation, an innovative court-based mediation service, offers parties a means of airing differences in a focused and supportive environment to help them find their own long-lasting solutions in disputes arising from relationship breakdown.

Case Summaries324

Summary of Legislation: 1 May–31st August 2025

Bailiwick of Jersey337

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Guernsey340

Alderney343

Sark344