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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Vietnamese man, arrested in December 2020 on an EAW issued by a Brussels court, was brought before Westminster Magistrates’ Court this month to commence extradition proceedings against him....
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...
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....
On 15 January 2021, the High Court heard the first challenge to the validity of European Arrest Warrants (“EAW”) received by UK authorities before the end of the transition...
Jasvinder Nakhwal
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