Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 164 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 358 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court
Judge:

Hooper LJ and Singh J

Representation Clare Montgomery QC and Mark Summers (instructed by Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP) for the claimants on grounds 1-3.
  Hugo Keith QC and Mark Summers (instructed by Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP) for the claimants on ground 4.
  Aaron Watkins (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the judicial authority.
Judgment Dates: 23 February 2012

Catchwords

Extradition - Extradition hearing - European arrest warrant - Defendant judicial authority seeking extradition of claimants - Judge ordering claimants extradition - Claimants appealing - Whether European arrest warrant capable of being issued prior to prosecution being commenced - Whether warrants valid - .

The Case

Extradition Extradition hearing. The Divisional Court, in dismissing the claimants' appeals against extradition, held, inter alia, that the European arrest warrants had complied with s2(3) of the and that the extradition of the claimants would not breach their human rights under art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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