The defendant complained that the European arrest warrant under which he was held was not effective since it did not certify or specify an extradictable offence.
Held: Provided the relevant material required by the statute was clearly set out in the warrant, that part of the warrant could be treated as a certificate so as to satisfy the section.
Judges:
Lord Justice Latham, Mr Justice Jack
Citations:
Times 02-Jun-2006, [2006] EWHC 971 (Admin), [2007] 1 WLR 145
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Dabas v High Court of Justice, Madrid HL 28-Feb-2007
The defendant sought to appeal his extradition to Spain to face terrorism charges. He complained that the certificate required under the 2003 Act could not be the European arrest warrant itself, that the offence did not satisfy the double . .
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Extradition
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.241453