| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2010] All ER (D) 129 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWHC 3430 (Admin) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court |
| Judge: | Dyson LJ and Tugendhat J |
| Representation | Ben Keith (instructed by Lawrence & Co) for the appellant. |
| Amelia Nice (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the respondent. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 3 December 2009 |
Catchwords
Extradition - Extradition order - Appeal - Adjournment - Appellant's extradition sought by respondent judicial authority - District judge ordering extradition on evidence placed before court - Appellant appealing against order relying on ground of 'oppressiveness' and human rights argument - Application for adjournment of appeal being made at appeal hearing - Whether application should be allowed - Whether merit in appeal - Whether order ought to stand - European Convention on Human Rights, art 3.
The Case
Extradition Extradition order. The Divisional Court held, dismissing the instant extradition appeal, that there was no merit in the appellant's application to adjourn his appeal and no merit in his substantive grounds. The district judge's decision to order the appellant's extradition to Estonia was ordered to stand.
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