New Zealand is under international pressure to stop the extradition of Kyung Yup Kim (“Kim”), Korean-born and permanent resident of New Zealand, accused of killing a young woman in Shanghai in 2009: an allegation which Kim denies. New Zealand’s lower courts previously blocked his extradition, citing the risk of torture within China’s legal system and […]
On 20th April 2022, Westminster Magistrates’ Court formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the US on espionage and computer misuse charges, and sent his case to the Home Secretary Priti Patel. On 15th March 2022, the Supreme Court remitted Assange’s case back to the Magistrate’s, and rejected, for failing to raise an arguable […]
New Zealand Supreme Court Rules in “test case which the international community was watching closely” On 13 April 2022, a five-strong panel in the New Zealand Supreme Court (“NZSC”) handed down judgment in the case of Minister of Justice v Kyung Yup Kim [2022] NZSC 44.[1] The key question for the court was whether Mr […]
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