Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 61 (Mar)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Calvert Smith (judgment delivered extempore)

Representation The appellant did not appear and was not represented.
  Hannah Hinton (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the judicial authority.
Judgment Dates: 8 March 2012

Catchwords

Extradition - Extradition hearing - European arrest warrant - Appellant being arrested in United Kingdom pursuant to European arrest warrant - Appellant's extradition being ordered - Appellant appealing - Appellant submitting that at risk from non-state agents if returned - Appellant submitting that human rights would be breached if returned - Whether judge erring in ordering extradition - European Convention on Human Rights, arts 2, 3.

The Case

Extradition Extradition hearing. The Administrative Court, in dismissing the appellant's appeal against his extradition, held that the bars to extradition under arts2 and3 of the European Convention on Human Rights had not been made out.

Practice Areas

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