Examples of Petty Debts Court in a sentence
In this Article “court” means either the Royal Court or the Petty Debts Court.
The Separation and Maintenance Orders (Jersey) Law 1953 empowers the Petty Debts Court to make orders with respect to the separation of married persons, and the maintenance of either party to and the children of the marriage.
The relevant legislation dealing with eviction issues is:− The Loi (1915) sur la location de bienfonds, which deals with the required period of notice in relation to land; − The Loi (1946) concernant l’expulsion de locataires refractaires, which confers discretion on the Judge of the Petty Debts Court to grant a delay before any eviction order is enforced.
The Petty Debts Court, having regard to approaches taken in small claims courts in other jurisdictions, including England and Wales, intends to develop appropriate changes.
The purpose of these draft Regulations is to implement the above recommendation of the Royal Court Rules Review Group relating to the proposed increase in the jurisdiction of the Petty Debts Court.The States are empowered by Article 1(4) of the Petty Debts Court (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2000 (“the Law of 2000”) to make Regulations to amend the monetary amounts in respect of which the Court has jurisdiction.
With the establishment of the Petty Debts Court and the Magistrate’s Court the Law Officers lost some of their exclusive right to bring prosecutions, as cases in the Magistrate’s Court were presented by the Connétable or a Centenier of the relevant Parish.
Members of the Public and the legal profession were invited to submit suggestions as to areas, issues or improvements which might be considered in the review.The Group later published a number of recommendations for change as a further consultative document, and extensive amendments to the Royal Court Rules 2004 were approved by the Superior Number of the Royal Court in March 2017.Also included in the consultative document was a recommendation relating to the jurisdiction of the Petty Debts Court.
It was noted that at present, the Petty Debts Court generally hears claims below £10,000.
In terms of providing compensation, victims will be better able to pursue a civil claim now that the jurisdiction of the Petty Debts Court has been increased to allow claims for personal damages to be made up to £10,000.
Unlike in Jersey, Guernsey's Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine breach of contract claims and so any claims must be made in the civil courts, either in the Petty Debts Court if the claim involves monies less than £10,000 or in the Royal Court.