Last Friday, 21 April 2023, Michael Lynch, co-founder of the technology companies Autonomy and Darktrace, was refused permission to appeal his extradition to the USA. He is charged with “one of the largest frauds ever prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice” relating to the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett Packard [HP] in […]
Following ratification by the US Congress, the Data Access Agreement between the US and UK will enter into force on the 3 October 2022. Originally signed on 3 October 2019, the provisions of the agreement will now take effect three years later. Under the agreement, investigators in each country will be able to obtain electronic […]
Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk pleaded guilty to charges of causing artists to lose money by deception and being part of a criminal group at the Auckland High Court on 22 June 2022. Both men were officers in the file-hosting website Megaupload, which allowed people to illegally download songs, television shows and films. […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 15th March 2022, the UK Supreme Court refused an application for permission to appeal by Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. Mr. Assange is wanted in the US on 17 counts of espionage, and one charge of computer misuse relating to his alleged role in the unauthorised attainment and disclosure of national defence information and computer […]
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 28 January, Home Secretary Priti Patel ordered the extradition of former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch to the US to stand trial on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with the $11bn sale of the company to Hewlett Packard (‘HP’) in 2011. The order followed HP’s win in civil proceedings against […]
Background On 26 January 2022, Mr Justice Swift dismissed a judicial review application by Autonomy founder, Michael Lynch, challenging the District Judge Snow’s refusal to extend the time permitted for the Secretary of State for the Home Department (‘SSHD’) to decide whether to order his extradition to the USA. Lynch has been indicted on 17 […]
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