Consultation on extradition and transit codes of practice – Home Office
‘This is a consultation on revised codes of practice for extradition and new codes of practice for transit cases.’
Home Office, 2nd November 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Category: extradition
Slovakian jailed for raping teenager ‘while high on glue-like substance’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Court hears Zdenko Turtak, a 22-year-old Slovakian Roma, clubbed his victim 18 times with a rock and left her for dead in the Beeston area of Leeds.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Julian Assange: Scotland Yard ends 24-hour guard on Ecuadorian embassy – Daily Telegraph
‘Police officers have stopped guarding the embassy in London where the Wikileaks founder took refuge, saying it is no longer “proportionate.” ‘
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
British court refuses to extradite suspected American paedophile – The Guardian
‘UK judges are refusing to extradite an alleged American paedophile, who has been on the run from the FBI since 2007, until they receive assurances that his human rights will not be breached.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK court drops extradition case against Rwandan spy chief – The Guardian
‘A British court has freed Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake and dismissed an extradition case against him, officials said on Monday.’
The Guardian, 10th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suffolk extradition suspect Lauri Love’s ‘fair trial’ fears – BBC News
‘A British man facing extradition over claims he hacked into US government computers has said he fears he will not get a fair trial.’
BBC News, 9th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cyber-jihadist Babar Ahmad released – BBC News
‘A British man jailed in the US over a website considered to be a key moment in the birth of the internet jihad has returned home.’
BBC News, 19th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Szegfu v Court of Pecs, Hungary – WLR Daily
Szegfu v Court of Pecs, Hungary [2015] EWHC 1764 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 273
‘Guidance on the application of section 26(5) of the Extradition Act 2003 relaxing the application of the strict time limit for bringing an extradition appeal in section 26(4).’
WLR Daily, 24th June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High court blocks extradition of Albanian killer claiming his description does not match wanted man – Daily Telegraph
‘Even though his fingerprints match an Albanian migrant claims he cannot be fugitive killer because he is six inches shorter.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Polish Judicial Authorities v Celinski; Slovakian Judicial Authority v Cambal; Nida v Polish Judicial Authorities; Ciemiega v Polish Judicial Authorities; Regina (Inglot) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another; Polish Judicial Authorities v Pawelec – WLR Daily
‘In extradition proceedings under Part I of the Extradition Act 2003 an appellate court, in answering the question whether a district judge had been wrong to decide that extradition was or was not proportionate with the requested person’s rights under article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, had to focus on whether the decision on proportionality itself was wrong.’
WLR Daily, 6th May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
European Court backs UK-Lithuania extradition – BBC News
‘A Lithuanian man accused of serious offences including murders has lost his attempt to persuade the European Court of Human Rights to stop his extradition from the UK.’
BBC News, 16th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kandola v Generalstaatwaltschaft Frankfurt, Germany; Droma v State Prosecutor Nurnburg-Furth, Bavaria, Germany; Ijaz v The Court of Milan (An Italian Judicial Authority) – WLR Daily
‘In the context of an extradition appeal the court set out the approach to be taken in applying section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Kandola v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt, Germany; Droma v State Prosecutor Nurnberg-Furth, Bavaria, Germany; Ijaz v The Court of Milan (An Italian Judicial Authority) – WLR Daily
‘In the context of an extradition appeal the court set out the approach to be taken in applying section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sandra Dunham given 18 days’ home confinement in US fraud case – BBC News
‘A woman who admitted a $1m (£640,000) expenses fraud and money-laundering will not spend any more time in jail.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Haroon Aswat’s extradition to US legal, judges rule – BBC News
‘The extradition of British terror suspect Haroon Aswat to the United States was lawful, European Court of Human Rights judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elashmawy v Court of Brescia, Italy – WLR Daily
Elashmawy v Court of Brescia, Italy [2015] EWHC 28 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 15
‘Italian prison conditions were compliant with article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 16th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Doctor accused of child rape in US overturns extradition bid – Daily Telegraph
‘British court rules extradition of 48-year-old Tobias Bowen would breach human rights because he faces an “indefinite” sentence if convicted of sex crimes in New York.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Harkins) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another – WLR Daily
‘The test to be used for re-opening a judicial review of a decision to extradite was analogous to that in CPR r 52.17.
The Divisional Court so held in refusing Phillip Harkins’s renewed application for permission to claim judicial review of the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s decision that he should be extradited to the United States of America on charges of murder and attempted robbery. The Government of the USA was joined as an interested party.’
WLR Daily, 7th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Judges dismiss legal challenge to EU arrest warrant – BBC News
‘A legal challenge to try to prevent the UK continuing to comply with the European Arrest Warrant has failed.’
BBC News, 14th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
