Cleric Abu Hamza cleared for US extradition – Daily Telegraph
“The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited to the US to face terror charges, a court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: extradition
Man charged with murdering PC Beshenivsky – The Guardian
“One of two remaining suspects in the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky was last night charged with her murder after he was extradited back to Britain from Somalia after months of detective work, West Yorkshire police said.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Edwards v Government of United States of America – Times Law Reports
Additional facts inadmissible in extradition
Edwards v Government of United States of America
“In deciding whether there was dual criminality in extradition, the domestic court was confined to the facts alleged in the offence specified in the extradition request.”
The Times, 5th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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BA staff could face extradition to US after $300m fine for price fixing – The Guardian
“Senior British Airways staff under criminal investigation for price fixing face the threat of extradition to the US under a controversial treaty, it emerged last night. The justice department in Washington was set to publish the names of 10 former and current BA employees as criminal suspects under investigation for running a fuel surcharge cartel after a judge confirmed a $300m (£151m) fine for the world’s third-largest airline.”
The Guardian, 24th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gibson v Government of the United States of America – Times Law Reports
Board can depart from its own decisions
Gibson v. Government of the United States of America
Privy Council
“The principle of stare decisis was not absolute and the Privy Council could exercise its power to depart from precedent if it concluded that one of its own previous decisions was incorrect.”
The Times, 3rd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Edwards v Government of the United States of America – WLR Daily
Edwards v Government of the United States of America [2007] EWHC 1877 (Admin)
“In deciding whether there was dual criminality under the Extradition Act 2003, the domestic court was confined to the facts alleged in the offence specified in the extradition request.”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Lords appeal granted in Pentagon hacking case – OUT-LAW.com
“Accused NASA and Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has won the right to appeal to the House of Lords over his extradition to the US. The Lords will hear his case, even though they recently refused to hear another US extradition case, that of the ‘Natwest Three’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Gibson v. Government of the United States of America – WLR Daily
Gibson v. Government of the United States of America
“The principle of stare decisis was not absolute and the Privy Council should exercise its power to depart from precedent if it concluded that one of its own previous decisions was incorrect, even if that incorrect decision could no longer be regarded as impeding the proper development of the law.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Caldarelli v. Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy – WLR Daily
Caldarelli v. Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy [2007] EWHC 1624
“The amendments to s 2(5)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003 inserted by s 42 and para 1(1), Pt 1 of Sch 13 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 substituting the words “has been convicted” for ‘is alleged to be unlawfully at large’ went only to the content of the European arrest warrant: whereas for the exercise of the power to extradite it remained necessary to show either an ‘accusation’ case or an ‘unlawfully at large’ case.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Abu Hamza fights US extradition – BBC News
“Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri should not be extradited to the US to face terror charges, a court has been told.”
BBC News, 11th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Russia formally refuses to extradite Lugovoi – Daily Telegraph
“Russia today formally refused to extradite murder suspect Andrei Lugovoi, prompting an angry response from the British Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Unfair’ US extradition law to be reviewed – Daily Telegraph
“The ‘one-sided’ extradition law between Britain and the United States is to be reviewed by Gordon Brown, it was disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hoteliers turn the tables on ‘reprehensible’ prosecutor – The Times
“Two elderly hoteliers won their battle against extradition to the US yesterday as a British judge suggested a prosecutor had lied to get his hands on them.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Governor of Wandsworth Prison) v. Kinderis and Others – Times Law Reports
Domestic prison duty postponed
Regina (Governor of Wandsworth Prison) v. Kinderis and Others
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where a prisoner was remanded in custody charged with offences in England and consented to extradition under a European arrest warrant, the prison governor should keep him in custody pending extradition and any duty to deliver him to the domestic crown court was postponed.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Lords agree to hear Norris extradition appeal – The Times
“Ian Norris, the former chief executive of Morgan Crucible who is fighting extradition to the US on price-fixing charges, was thrown a lifeline today as the UK’s highest court agreed to consider his case.”
The Times, 7th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hilali v. Governor of Whitemoor Prison and Another – Times Law Reports
Habeas corpus ultimate remedy
Hilali v. Govenor of Whitemoor Prison and Another
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where subsequent events had rendered unlawful the continued detention of a person under an extradition order, and the appeal procedure had been exhausted, the appropriate remedy was the issue of a writ of habeas corpus.”
The Times, 6th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Firm to be sued over ‘torture flights’ – The Guardian
“A former British resident being held at Guantánamo is suing a subsidiary of the Boeing corporation which he alleges was involved in arranging for him to be taken to secret American prisons around the world. Once there, he says, he was tortured.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK ambassador asks Moscow to extradite polonium murder suspect – The Guardian
“Britain’s ambassador to Moscow yesterday delivered a request for the extradition of the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suicide banker’s NatWest case fear – Financial Times
“Neil Coulbeck, the retired bank executive who could have been an important witness in the NatWest Three fraud case, feared he might “get dragged into” the affair at the time he died, his widow told an inquest on Wednesday.”
Financial Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Refusal to extradite would be within federation’s legal rights – The Times
“The Russian Federation is within its legal rights to refuse the extradition of Andrei Lugovoy even though it has signed up to extradition arrangements under the Council of Europe.”
The Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
