Category: extradition

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‘Superhacker’ bids to halt extradition – The Independent

Posted June 16th, 2008 in computer crime, extradition, news by sally

“A British man accused of the ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’ will make a last desperate plea today to try to stop his extradition to the US.”

The Independent, 16th June 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Rwandan suspects to be extradited – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in extradition, genocide, news by sally

“Magistrates in London have upheld a request to extradite four men to Rwanda to face mass murder charges.”

Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor, Creteil

BBC News, 6th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor, Creteil – Times Law Reports

Posted June 2nd, 2008 in appeals, extradition, law reports, time limits by sally

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Late service of a copy of a duly filed appeal notice was not a fatal bar to an appeal against an extradition order.”

The Times, 2nd June 2008

Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor in Creteil, France [2008] EWHC 1024 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 148

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Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor in Creteil, France – WLR Daily

Posted May 13th, 2008 in appeals, extradition, law reports, time limits by sally

“Late service of a copy of a duly filed appeal notice was not a fatal bar to an appeal against an order extraditing (or not extraditing) a person.”

WLR Daily 12th May 2008

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Hamza challenges US extradition – BBC News

Posted May 12th, 2008 in extradition, news, soliciting to murder, terrorism by sally

“Jailed Muslim Cleric Abu Hamza has begun a High Court bid to block his extradition to the USA.”

Norris v Government of the United States of America

BBC News, 12th May 2008

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Norris v Government of the United States of America – Times Law Reports

Posted March 14th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, price fixing by sally

House of Lords

“A person could not be extradited to the United States of America to stand trial on charges brought under US legislation which declared cartels to be illegal, to stand trial for price-fixing offences alleged to have been committed from 1989 to 2000 because during that period price-fixing agreements and cartels were not illegal under English law, unless there were other aggravating features such as dishonesty or deception.”

The Times, 14th March 2008

Norris v Government of the United States of America [2008] UKHL 16; WLR (D) 81

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Norris v Government of the United States of America – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, price fixing by sally

“During the period from 1989 to 2000 price fixing was not illegal under English law so that it was not an extradition offence for the purposes of s 137 of the Extradition Act 2003.”

WLR Daily, 12th March 2008

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Lords to rule on Ian Norris extradition case – The Times

Posted March 12th, 2008 in extradition, news, price fixing by sally

“The House of Lords will rule tomorrow on whether Ian Norris should be extradited to the US, in what is one of the most eagerly awaited legal cases of recent years.”

The Times, 11th March 2008

Spain drops extradition attempt against Guantánamo torture pair – The Guardian

Posted March 7th, 2008 in extradition, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“Spain yesterday dropped its attempt to extradite two British residents who had been freed from Guantánamo Bay, after accepting that torture they suffered during five years of American custody had left them too weak to stand trial.”

Davis and Another v Spain

The Guardian, 7th March 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Davis and Another v Spain – Times Law Reports

Posted February 25th, 2008 in extradition, law reports by sally

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Delay caused by an accused’s departure from a foreign state for reasons unconnected with an extradition request did not automatically disqualify him from relying on oppression caused by the passage of time to contest his extradition.”

The Times, 25th February 2008

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NatWest Three jailed for three years – Financial Times

Posted February 25th, 2008 in extradition, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

Three former NatWest bankers were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Friday, after a federal judge approved a deal that they had negotiated with US prosecutors to reduce their expected prison terms drastically and accelerate their return to the UK.

Financial Times, 22nd February 2008

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UK-US extradition deal attacked – BBC News

Posted February 15th, 2008 in extradition, news by sally

“The UK’s extradition laws have been attakced as ‘unfair’ in the wake of the Appeal Court ruling that a wrongly accused pilot can claim compensation.”

Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland

BBC News, 14th February 2008

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Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland – Times Law Reports

Posted February 14th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, sentencing by sally

House of Lords

“In considering whether an extradition order should be made in pursuance of a European arrest warrant in a conviction case, it was sufficient if the aggregated sentence was for at least four months; the extradition judge was not concerned with the lengths of the individual sentences aggregated.”

The Times, 14th February 2008

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Jailed preacher faces US extradition – The Guardian

Posted February 8th, 2008 in extradition, news by sally

“Lawyers for Abu Hamza were scrambling last night to appeal against a formal order by the home secretary for the radical preacher’s extradition to the US.”

Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland [2008] UKHL 7; [2008] WLR (D) 34

The Guardian, 8th February 2008

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Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland – WLR Daily

Posted February 7th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, sentencing by sally

“The judge, in considering the making of an extradition order under a European arrest warrant in a conviction case where the sentences had been aggregated, was not concerned with the lengths of the individual sentences; it sufficed if the aggregate sentence was of at least four months.”

WLR Daily, 6th February 2008

Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison

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Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison – Times Law Reports

Posted February 1st, 2008 in extradition, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

House of Lords

“Where there was a right of appeal under Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 to appeal against an extradition order, habeas corpus was excluded by section 34; it would be contrary to the principle of mutual recognition to which the Act gave effect to grant habeas corpus on the ground of a change of circumstances.”

The Times, 1st February 2008

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Russia seeks extradition of shipping magnate in UK – The Guardian

Posted February 1st, 2008 in extradition, news, Russia by sally

“The Kremlin is demanding the extradition of another Russian oligarch who has fled to England, the Guardian has discovered.”

Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison and another [2008] UKHL 3; [2008] WLR (D) 18

The Guardian, 1st February 2008
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Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison and another – WLR Daily

Posted January 31st, 2008 in extradition, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

“In a case where there was a right of appeal under Pt 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 from a judge’s decision to make an extradition order, habeas corpus was excluded by s 34. To grant it on the ground of a fundamental change of circumstances would be contrary to the principle of mutual recognition given effect by the Act.”

WLR Daily, 30th January 2008

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Soft target or a fair cop? – The Times

Posted January 24th, 2008 in extradition, news by sally

“Ian Norris’s case will be the first test before Britain’s highest court of the new fast-track extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the US.”

The Times, 24th January 2008