In exercising his discretion on whether to transmit requested information to a foreign government, the respondent had to weigh all competing interests to safeguard against an abuse of the international mutual assistance process by foreign governments
Citations:
[2001] EWHC Admn 275
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Abacha, Bagudu v The Secretary of State for the Home Department, The Federal Republic of Nigeria Interested Party Admn 18-Oct-2001
Attempts were being made by the Federal Government of Nigeria to recover moneys alleged to have been taken fraudulently from the state. They sought assistance from the UK, and the claimants sought details of that request. The statute provided that . .
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Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.180514