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Extradition - From: 1998 To: 1998
This page lists 23 cases, and was prepared on 21 May 2019.
Regina v Governor of Belmarsh Prison and Another Ex Parte Gilligan Times, 20 January 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 6; [1998] I Cr App R 14
20 Jan 1998
QBD
Extradition
A magistrate ordering the transfer of a prisoner to Ireland must be satisfied that a sufficiently serious offence was alleged, but strict evidence was not required. As to the 1988 Act, the evidence must at least be admissible.
Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 2(2) - Criminal Justice Act 1988 823(1)
1 Citers
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Masterman; Admn 10-Feb-1998 - [1998] EWHC Admin 163
Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Agkurt Times, 05 March 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 180
12 Feb 1998
Admn
Extradition
A country facing a proper extradition request need not put the representations of defendant to the extraditing state, nor choose between defendants.
Extradition Act 1989 12(1)
[ Bailii ]
In the Matter of Debs [1998] EWHC Admin 271
6 Mar 1998
Admn
Extradition
1 Citers
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Asif Ali Zardari [1998] EWHC Admin 305
11 Mar 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Launder; QBD 18-Mar-1998 - Gazette, 18 March 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 214; [1998] 3 WLR 221; [1998] QB 994; [1998] COD 301
Rey v The Government of Switzerland and others [1998] UKPC 17; [1998] 3 WLR 1; [1999] 1 AC 54
2 Apr 1998
PC
Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Clyde
Extradition
(Bahamas)
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Bow Street Magistrates' Court ex parte Asif Ali Zardari [1998] EWHC Admin 461
29 Apr 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Sergio Cuoghi v Governor of Her Majesty's Prison Brixton and Government of Switzerland Gazette, 03 June 1998; Times, 12 May 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 474
30 Apr 1998
Admn
Extradition
The absence of an authenticated documentation as required by the Act was not fatal to an extradition application. The magistrate could act on matters which were before him, but which had not been before the Home Secretary.
Extradition Act 1989 7(4)
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Bow Street Magistrates' Court ex parte Zardari [1998] EWHC Admin 489
7 May 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Bow Street Magistrates ex parte Government of the United States of America [1999] QB 847
13 May 1998
QBD
Kennedy LJ and Blofeld J
Extradition
Computer Misuse Act 1990 1
1 Cites
Regina v Adeniyi Momodu Allison; Regina v Bow Street Magistrates' Court ex parte Adeniyi Momodu Allison Times, 02 June 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 536
13 May 1998
Admn
Extradition
Offences under sections 2 and 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1991 are extraditable offences, since they are punishable with imprisonment in excess of one year.
Extradition Act 1989 - Computer Misuse Act 1990
[ Bailii ]
Cornelius v Government of Sweden [1998] EWHC Admin 644
17 Jun 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Gross v Governor of Brixton Prison and Another Times, 25 June 1998
25 Jun 1998
QBD
Extradition
Defendant in extradition proceedings was entitled to give and call evidence on his own behalf and was not limited to the giving of evidence by affidavit or documents.
Extradition Act 1989
In the Matter of Agkurt and In the Matter of an Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum [1998] EWHC Admin 718
7 Jul 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
In the Matter of an Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum Andrew Jingwa Aka Indris Ibrahim and David Hart Okpoko v Governor of HM Prison Brixton and Government of United Stated of America [1998] EWHC Admin 728
9 Jul 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Regina v West London Magistrates' Court ex parte Costas Allison [1998] EWHC Admin 782
24 Jul 1998
Admn
Extradition
Extradition Act 1989
[ Bailii ]
In Re Ismail (Application For Writ of Habeas Corpus) (On Appeal From A Divisional Court of The Queen's Bench Division); HL 20-Aug-1998 - Times, 20 August 1998; Gazette, 16 September 1998; [1998] 3 WLR 495; [1998] UKHL 32; [1999] 1 AC 320; [1998] 3 All ER 1007
Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Coulibaly; Admn 6-Oct-1998 - [1998] EWHC Admin 926
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte and In the Matter of an Application for Leave To Move for Judicial Review Regina v Evans (Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate); Admn 28-Oct-1998 - Times, 03 November 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 1013; [1998] EWHC Admin 1022; [1998] EWHC Admin 1021
Regina v Bartle and The Commissioner Of Police For The Metropolis and Others Ex Parte Pinochet Ugarte, Regina v Evans and Another and The Commissioner of Police For The Metropolis and Others (No 1); HL 22-Nov-1998 - Times, 26 November 1998; [1998] UKHL 41; [1998] 3 WLR 1456; [2000] 1 AC 61; [1998] 4 All ER 897
In Re Boubker Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus [1998] EWHC Admin 1124
7 Dec 1998
Admn
Extradition
[ Bailii ]
Ex Parte Amnesty International Times, 11 December 1998
11 Dec 1998
QBD
Extradition
A decision by the Home Secretary to allow extradition proceedings to issue was discretionary and not turned into a duty by international convention. It was not appropriate to impose physical restraint on an individual pending the making of that decision.
Extradition Act 1989