On 10th March 2022, INTERPOL announced that heightened supervision and monitoring measures in relation to Russia had been implemented by the Secretary General and endorsed by INTERPOL’s Executive Committee. The measures, which have taken immediate effect, and were implemented following calls from Ukraine, the UK, and others for Russia’s complete suspension from INTERPOL (covered by […]
On 7th March 2022, the members of the ‘Five Eyes’ (UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) continued Ukraine’s initial February 2022 call for INTERPOL’s Executive Committee to suspend Russia’s access to the INTERPOL network (covered by P&P here). In a public statement, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed that correspondence had been sent to the […]
On 24 September 2021, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese telecoms company Huawei entered a deferred prosecution agreement (‘DPA’) with US authorities. Ms. Meng was arrested at Vancouver airport in 2018 at the request of US authorities seeking to extradite her for wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with alleged violation of US sanctions on Iran. […]
On 18th of August 2021, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes reserved judgment in the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies, until October 21st when she will give an indication on a possible date for final judgment. Ms. Meng, who is currently free on bail, was arrested at Vancouver […]
On 26 July 2021, a New York district court denied an application by telecoms company Huawei, requesting the disclosure of additional information about charges against the company and its CFO, Meng Wanzhou. The judgment is the latest development in the wider context of the ongoing extradition proceedings brought by the US against Ms. Meng […]
On 9 July 2021, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes refused an application made by lawyers acting on behalf of Meng Wanzhou for permission to admit into evidence internal HSBC records and emails that they say contradict the allegations forming the basis of the US request for the Huawei CFO’s extradition. Ms Meng is charged […]
At a hearing before the Supreme Court of British Columbia on 29 June 2021, lawyers for Meng Wanzhou applied for permission to admit into evidence internal HSBC records and emails that they say contradict the allegations forming the basis of the US request for the Huawei CFO’s extradition. Ms Meng is charged in the […]
Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and the Canadian government returned to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for a brief hearing on 28 April 2021. The purpose of the hearing was to set a new timetable for the remaining phase of Ms Meng’s extradition hearing following the Court’s decision, on 21 […]
On 30 March 2021, lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for a stay of the ongoing extradition proceedings against her. Ms Meng’s legal team argued that the proceedings should be stayed as the US does not have jurisdiction to try the offences alleged and […]
On 12 March 2021, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes ruled on a defence application, made on behalf of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, to adduce expert evidence and evidence from Huawei employees in the course of her ongoing legal battle against extradition from Canada to the US. Ms Meng faces charges in the […]
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