The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 2 WLR 673
House of Lords
Norris
v
Government of the United States of America
[2008] UKHL 16
2008 Jan 24,
28,
29,
March 12
March 12
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Extradition— Extradition offence— Jurisdiction— Defendant charged in United States of America with conspiracy to fix prices and obstructing United States investigators— Price fixing charge not requiring dishonesty— Whether conduct constituting common law conspiracy to defraud— Whether secrecy of agreement supplying ingredient of dishonesty necessary for common law offence— Whether common law offence sufficiently clear and ascertainable— Whether requirement that ingredients of United States offence and English offence correspond— Whether obstruction allegation requiring transposition of locality and institutions— Whether extradition offences— Whether further information to be requested from United States authorities as to evidence in order to determine whether extradition barred by reason of passage of time— Whether issue of compatibility of extradition with Convention rights to be remitted for determination by district judge—
Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), ss 82, 87(1), 137(2)