“British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber-attacks in 2011 have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 16th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lulzsec hacker group handed jail sentences – BBC News
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Crime and Courts Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk
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Jihadist suspect cannot be extradited to United States because of his mental illness – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Strasbourg Court has ruled that a terrorist suspect detained in the United Kingdom’s Broadmoor hospital should not be extradited to the United States because of the risk that his mental condition would deteriorate there.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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Extradition, Deportation and Human Rights – Edward Fitzgerald QC
Extradtition, Deportation and Human Rights (PDF)
Edward Fitzgerald QC
Inner Temple Reader’s Lecture Series, 18th March 2013
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
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Human rights court blocks extradition of UK-based terror suspect to US – The Guardian
“Extraditing a UK-based terror suspect to an American ‘supermax’ high security prison would constitute ‘inhuman or degrading treatment’, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Theresa May attacks judges over deportation rules – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has accused judges of ‘subverting’ British democracy and making the streets of Britain more dangerous by ignoring rules aimed at deporting more foreign criminals.”
The Guardian,
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Home secretary Theresa May overhauls extradition laws – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to close the door on future campaigns by those facing extradition such as that waged by the computer hacker, Gary McKinnon, by changing the law.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Wolkowicz and others v Polish Judicial Authority and another – WLR Daily
“Although section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003 should be interpreted, wherever possible, to achieve the results sought by article 23(4) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant, it nevertheless gave express power to discharge and was not limited to a temporary postponement save in exceptional cases.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Radu (Case C-396/11) – WLR Daily
Radu (Case C-396/11); [2013] WLR (D) 28
“According to the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between member states, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009, the executing judicial authorities of a member state could not avoid their duty pursuant to article 1(2) of the Framework Decision to execute a European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution, on the ground that the requested person had not been heard in the issuing member state before that arrest warrant was issued.”
WLR Daily, 29th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Zakrzewski v District Court in Torun, Poland – WLR Daily
Zakrzewski v District Court in Torun, Poland [2013] UKSC 2; [2013] WLR (D) 18
“Where the information set out by the requesting state in an European arrest warrant had correctly specified ‘the sentence . . . imposed’ on the convicted person whose extradition it sought, as required by section 2(6)(e) of the Extradition Act 2003, but the courts in that state had subsequently aggregated the sentences so that he was to serve a different, albeit lesser, sentence than that stated in the information, the warrant remained valid and the person could be extradited.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Zakrzewski (Respondent) v The Regional Court in Lodz, Poland (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
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Runaway child rapist David James jailed for 16 years – BBC News
“A child rapist brought back from the US after more than 20 years on the run has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Abid Naseer loses extradition appeal – BBC News
“A UK-based terror suspect has failed in his bid to stop his extradition to the US after the European Court of Human Rights threw his case out.”
BBC News, 5th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Regina (Tajik) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another – WLR Daily
“While there was nothing in section 118 of the Extradition Act 2003 to delay its operation pending the Secretary of State’s consideration of medical evidence after the conclusion of extradition statutory process, continued extra-statutory consideration of a case by the Secretary of State could be valid subject to the court’s judgment as to whether reasonable cause had been shown for delay following the conclusion of the appeal process.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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How Richard O’Dwyer’s love of films led to two-year struggle for liberty – The Guardian
“For Richard O’Dwyer, the extradition battle to decide his fate started with a knock on the door of his student room at dawn on a chill November morning in 2010 – and ended almost exactly two years later with a tweet, fresh from court.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Richard O’Dwyer strikes deal to avoid US extradition – BBC News
“A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.”
BBC News, 28th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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British judges refuse to extradite former Iranian diplomat to US – Daily Telegraph
“A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat has won a High Court battle in his attempt to avoid extradition to the US.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Pomiechowski v District Court in Legnica, 59-220 Poland – WLR Daily
Pomiechowski v District Court in Legnica, 59-220 Poland [2012] EWHC 3161 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 331
“It was acceptable for a European arrest warrant to contain particulars of both convictions and accused offences.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Legal aid: Chris Grayling orders probe – BBC News
“An ‘immediate examination’ of the legal aid system has been ordered by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Sorting out extradition and prisoner voting – BBC Law in Action
“Joshua Rozenberg considers how the tension between politicians’ wishes and what the law requires is likely to be resolved in two highly controversial areas of government policy: extradition and the right of prisoners to vote.”
BBC Law in Action, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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