Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 212 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 880 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court
Judge:

Richards LJ and Teare J
Representation Matthew Butt (instructed by Hallinans) for the appellant.
  Gemma Lindfield (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates: 26 March 2009

Catchwords

Extradition - Request for extradition - Bar to extradition - Circumstances rendering it unjust or oppressive to extradite - Appellant arrested by respondent judicial authority in 2003 - Appellant absconding in 2005 whilst trial ongoing - Appellant arrested pursuant to European arrest warrant in 2007 - Court ordering extradition - Order quashed because warrant lacking sufficient clarity - Second warrant issued in 2008 and new order for appellant's extradition made - Whether extradition barred by passage of time - s 14.

The Case

Extradition Request for extradition. The Divisional Court dismissed the appellant's appeal against an order for his extradition where, on the facts, it would not be unjust or oppressive to execute that order.

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