Julian Assange appeared today with his legal team at a case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Lawyers for Mr Assange were seeking a postponement of his extradition hearing in order to gather and submit further evidence. Mark Summers QC, Mr Assange’s barrister, told the court the defence needed three more months to gather evidence […]
An Indian couple living in London are fighting attempts by the Indian government to extradite them from the UK to stand trial on six charges, including conspiracy to murder and kidnapping. Arti Dhir and Kaval Raijada are alleged to have arranged for the murder of their adopted son for profit. They were initially arrested in […]
On Monday 14 October Queen Elizabeth II delivered her 65th Queen’s Speech as part of the State Opening of Parliament. The speech sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the new parliamentary session. The speech outlined 26 pieces of proposed legislation, encompassing subject matters ranging from health to criminal justice and Brexit. The Extradition (Provisional […]
John Downey handed himself in to Letterkenny Garda Station on Friday 11 October in order to be extradited to Northern Ireland where he was remanded in custody and charged with the murders of two Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers in 1972. Mr Downey appeared in Omagh magistrates’ court on Saturday where bail was refused on the […]
Australia has refused the US request to order the extradition of an Iranian national accused of selling US equipment to Iran in violation of sanctions. Reza Dehbashi Kivi, a doctoral student at the University of Queensland, was arrested in September 2018 on suspicion of exporting American-made military equipment to Iran. The US sought his extradition […]
Aman Vyas arrived at London Heathrow airport on Friday 4 October after a protracted battle to secure his extradition. Mr Vyas was initially arrest in 2011 while attempting to board a plane at Delhi airport following the circulation of an INTERPOL Red Notice. In September, the Delhi High Court dismissed his petition to challenge the […]
The United States and the United Kingdom have entered into the first agreement made under the US Cloud Act, which is designed to improve investigators’ ease of access to electronic material held outside their jurisdiction. The agreement was signed by Home Secretary Priti Patel and US Attorney General William P Barr in Washington DC on […]
Background facts The appellant, a Romanian national, appealed against an order for his extradition to France pursuant to an accusation EAW relating to a total of 35 offences of alleged theft in an organised gang. The EAW was supplemented by two sets of further information. After receipt of the first set of further information, an […]
Westminster Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday 26 September, refused the Republic of Azerbaijan’s request to order the extradition of Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of the former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (“IBA”), and ordered her discharge. Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, the Chief Magistrate, held that Mrs Hajiyeva’s extradition would be incompatible with her rights […]
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, appeared at the British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday 23 September, to begin three days of preliminary disclosure hearings as she and her legal team resist her extradition to the US. Ms Meng was arrested in Vancouver airport on 1 December 2018 pursuant to a […]
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