| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1999] All ER (D) 325 |
| Court: | House of Lords |
| Judge: | Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Hutton, Lord Saville of Newdigate, Lord Millett, Lord Phillips of Worth Maltravers |
| Representation | Alun Jones QC, Professor Christopher Greenwood and James Lewis (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service, International Division) for the Government of Spain and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. |
| Clive Nicholls QC, Clare Montgomery QC, Helen Malcolm and James Cameron (instructed by Kingsley Napley) for the applicant. | |
| David Lloyd Jones (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) as amicus curiae. | |
| Professor Ian Brownlie QC, Peter Duffy QC, Michael Fordham, and David Scorey (instructed by Bindmans) for Amnesty as intervenor. | |
| Lawrence Collins QC (instructed by Herbert Smith) for the Republic of Chile, as intervenor. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 24 March 1999 |
Catchwords
Extradition - Immunity from extradition - Former head of state - Immunity for acts performed in exercise of functions as head of state - Former head of state accused of crimes of torture and murder while in office - Whether former head of state entitled to claim immunity from extradition for crimes of torture - s 2.
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