The High Court has refused an application made on behalf of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou for disclosure of HSBC records for use in her ongoing legal battle against extradition from Canada to the US, where she faces charges of bank and wire fraud and violation of US sanctions. In the judgment, handed down on […]
The Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Jean Richard de la Tour, on 11 February, published a non-binding opinion on the compatibility of Bulgarian European Arrest Warrants with EU law. In AG de la Tour’s opinion, the procedure for issuing and challenging Bulgarian European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) in […]
On 11 February 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit refused an emergency motion, filed on behalf of Michael and Peter Taylor, to stay their extradition to Japan pending an appellate review. Michael Taylor, a former member of the US special forces, and his son are sought by Japanese authorities for […]
The International Legal Assistance Chamber of the Amsterdam District Court has refused to order the extradition of a 33 year old Polish national to Poland on drug trafficking charges on the grounds that, if extradited, there is a real risk that he will not receive a fair trial. The court cited its own earlier […]
London was the venue for the latest development in Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s battle against extradition from Canada to the US where she faces charges of bank and wire fraud and violation of US sanctions. On 12 February 2021, lawyers for Ms Meng applied to the High Court for an order for […]
The Home Affairs Select Committee heard evidence on 10 February 2021, from Sir Julian King, the former European Commissioner for Security Union, and Sir Rob Wainwright, the former Executive Director of Europol. The witnesses responded to questions on the future of UK-EU security co-operation. First impressions of the TCA Both witnesses agreed that the […]
On Tuesday 9 February 2021, the extradition hearing for former Autonomy CEO, Mike Lynch, got underway at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Mr Lynch faces charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud in the US in connection with the sale of his company Autonomy to Hewlett Packard (‘HP’) in 2011. Mr Lynch’s legal team argue that […]
On Tuesday 9 February 2021, a spokesman for the US Department of Justice confirmed that it intended to appeal against the decision of a UK court ordering the discharge of Julian Assange in extradition proceedings brought by the US. Mr Assange is requested by the US to stand trial on 18 counts relating to the […]
Last Friday, in R (on the application of KBR) v SFO [2021] UKSC 2, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decision of the Divisional Court and held that the SFO has no power, under section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (‘the 1987 Act’), to compel foreign companies to produce documents located outside the […]
Earlier today the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office. The question for the court was whether a compulsory notice issued by the SFO under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 could require a foreign person or company to […]
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