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 […]
On Tuesday 9 February 2021, a spokesman for the US Department of Justice confirmed that it intended to appeal against the decision of a UK court ordering the discharge of Julian Assange in extradition proceedings brought by the US. Mr Assange is requested by the US to stand trial on 18 counts relating to 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 […]
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, the Chief Magistrate, sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 28 January 2021, rejected the arguments put forward by Arif Naqvi’s legal team against his extradition and ordered the case to be sent to the Secretary of State for a decision as to whether he should be extradited. Mr Naqvi, the […]
Ever since the UK and US agreed new extradition arrangements in 2003 they have been a constant source of anxiety and debate about whether the Treaty, or the way it is operated, leads somehow to an unfair imbalance that makes it easier for the US to extradite suspects from the UK than vice versa. Even […]
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser sitting at the Central Criminal Court on 4 January 2020 has ordered the discharge of Julian Assange in extradition proceedings brought by the United States’ Government on the grounds that his mental condition is such that it would be oppressive to order his extradition. Mr Assange is requested by the US […]
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