Michael and Peter Taylor, the American father and son duo accused of assisting former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape from Japanese police custody in December 2019 have landed in Japan after their last-ditch attempt to resist extradition was refused by the US Supreme Court last month. Japanese prosecutors released a statement confirming the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The House of Lords EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee, sitting remotely on Tuesday 26 January 2021, heard evidence from three current and former law enforcement officials. Vice Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery KBE, former Director General of UK Border Force, Steve Rodhouse, Director General (Operations) at the NCA and Assistant Chief Constable Peter Ayling of the […]
Monday 25 January 2021 marks the start of the 115th Session of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (‘CCF’). The CCF, INTERPOL’s supervisory body, meets every three months or so and its role is twofold. First, the Supervisory and Advisory Chamber is responsible for ensuring data processing carried out by INTERPOL is done […]
The Divisional Court handed down judgment on 20 January 2020, rejecting the first challenge to the continued application of the European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) regime to cases commenced pre-Brexit. The challenge was made by way of applications for writs of habeas corpus, submitted on behalf of five requested persons who had been arrested pursuant to […]
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