On 7 July 2021, the UK High Court granted an application for permission to appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”), on behalf of the US Authorities, against a decision to bar Julian Assange’s extradition. No date has yet been set for the appeal hearing. The permission decision had been considerably delayed, with the […]
Background Facts The appellant (‘P’) appealed against an order for his extradition to Romania to serve a sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment for two offences: accessory to aggravated abuse of power and bribery. The convictions stemmed from an alleged conspiracy to transfer a plot of land under State ownership to a private company. P […]
On Friday 30 April 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary [2021] UKSC 14. In a unanimous decision, the five-person court upheld the Divisional Court’s decision to dismiss the appellant’s appeal against an order for his extradition to Hungary but held that its […]
The High Court allowed an appeal by Ivor Fletcher against his extradition to India to serve a 10 year for possession of drugs in 2002, on the grounds that it would be oppressive by reason of the his mental condition, contrary to section 91 of the Extradition Act 2003 (‘the 2003 Act’). In so […]
The High Court has refused to grant the Government of the Russian Federation leave to appeal against the judgment of Senior District Judge Arbuthnot in the case of R v Egorova & Ors. In Egorova, Russia sought to extradite four requested persons for unrelated offences. All four requested persons resisted the requests on the […]
Arti Dhir and Kaval Raijada have successfully resisted an appeal by the Government of India against the decision of Senior District Judge Arbuthnot, the Chief Magistrate, to discharge them from extradition proceedings. The couple are wanted in India to face six charges in connection with the murder of 11-year old Gopal Senjani. The London-based couple […]
Background facts The appellant, a Romanian national, appealed against an order for his extradition to France pursuant to an accusation EAW relating to a total of 35 offences of alleged theft in an organised gang. The EAW was supplemented by two sets of further information. After receipt of the first set of further information, an […]
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