Background On May 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit upheld a decision by the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (“District Court”) which found that for the purposes of the International Organization Immunities Act (“IOIA”), INTERPOL qualified as a public international organization (“PIO”) and was therefore entitled to immunity […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
On 17 June 2021, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee published its report, In the room: the UK’s role on multilateral diplomacy, a product of the Committee’s inquiry into the ways in which the governance and work of multilateral organisations are being undermined. The report paints a stark picture of the myriad threats […]
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 […]
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