(Northern Ireland) The extraditee’s solicitor had failed to serve a notice of appeal on the prosecutor within the time limit. The question was whether the solicitor’s failure was to be attributed to the client.
Held: The prosecutor’s appeal failed. The reference to the extraditee as a person occurred twice within the section, and the context gave no evident reason to understand it as also being imposed on the
individual’s agent or legal representative.
Judges:
Lord Reed, President
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lord Burrows
Lord Stephens
Citations:
[2022] UKSC 4
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
Northern Ireland
Citing:
Appeal from – O’Connor v Greece QBNI 15-Aug-2017
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Cited – Szegfu v Court of Pecs Hungary Admn 24-Jun-2015
The court considered the statutory test to be applied on a request for an extension of the day time limit for appealing from an order for extradition.
Held: The correct interpretation of section 26(5) permitted no distinction between the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Extradition
Updated: 03 February 2022; Ref: scu.671792
