“Two elderly hoteliers won their battle against extradition to the US yesterday as a British judge suggested a prosecutor had lied to get his hands on them.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Domestic prison duty postponed
Regina (Governor of Wandsworth Prison) v. Kinderis and Others
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where a prisoner was remanded in custody charged with offences in England and consented to extradition under a European arrest warrant, the prison governor should keep him in custody pending extradition and any duty to deliver him to the domestic crown court was postponed.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Ian Norris, the former chief executive of Morgan Crucible who is fighting extradition to the US on price-fixing charges, was thrown a lifeline today as the UK’s highest court agreed to consider his case.”
The Times, 7th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Habeas corpus ultimate remedy
Hilali v. Govenor of Whitemoor Prison and Another
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where subsequent events had rendered unlawful the continued detention of a person under an extradition order, and the appeal procedure had been exhausted, the appropriate remedy was the issue of a writ of habeas corpus.”
The Times, 6th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“A former British resident being held at Guantánamo is suing a subsidiary of the Boeing corporation which he alleges was involved in arranging for him to be taken to secret American prisons around the world. Once there, he says, he was tortured.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s ambassador to Moscow yesterday delivered a request for the extradition of the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Neil Coulbeck, the retired bank executive who could have been an important witness in the NatWest Three fraud case, feared he might “get dragged into” the affair at the time he died, his widow told an inquest on Wednesday.”
Financial Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“The Russian Federation is within its legal rights to refuse the extradition of Andrei Lugovoy even though it has signed up to extradition arrangements under the Council of Europe.”
The Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The inquest this week into the death of a NatWest banker found hanged near his home in Woodford Green, north-east London, is likely to refocus attention on the issue of extradition of British citizens to the United States. The dead man was a colleague of the so-called NatWest Three, who were controversially extradited to the US last year to stand trial on fraud charges.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Power to extend extradition time
Regina (Brown, formerly Bajinya, and Others) v. Belmarsh Prison Governor and Others
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Section 194(4)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003, which enabled the Secretary of State for the Home Department to modify the application of that Act where special extradition arrangements existed, permitted him to extend the 45 days specified in section 74(11) for the receipt by a judge of the request for extradition to 95 days.”
The Times, 15th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Two High Court judges yesterday gave warning that the extradition laws may need reform after ruling that a Lithuanian fugitive accused of attempted rape and sexual assault can avoid trial in Britain.”
The Times, 4th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.”
Home Office press release, 26th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“The inquest into the death of Neil Coulbeck, who worked with the Natwest Three, has been set for May 23, 10 months after the banker was found hanged near his home.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judicial distaste does not stop extradition order
McKinnon v. Government of the United States of America and Another
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“There was no abuse of the extradition process where a British defendant declined a plea bargain and, as a result, lost benefits which would have flowed from it.”
The Times, 19th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“British businessmen could find themselves in American jails after a crackdown by the US Department of Justice on trade with ‘rogue states’, leading lawyers say.”
The Times, 10th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A British man with an obsession with UFOs who is accused of being the “biggest military computer hacker of all time” has lost his battle to avoid extradition to the United States.”
The Times, 4th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A British man has lost his High Court fight against extradition to the US for allegedly carrying out the ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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