The Weekly Law Reports
[2007] 2 WLR 635
Queen's Bench Division
Regina (Bermingham and others) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office
Bermingham and others v Government of the United States of America and another
[2006] EWHC 200 (Admin)
2005 Nov 15,
16,
28–
30
2006 Feb 21
2006 Feb 21
Laws LJ and Ouseley J
Extradition
— Extradition crime
— Jurisdiction
— Offence triable in either of two jurisdictions
— Whether Director of Serious Fraud Office having to reach conclusion as to place of trial in order to protect defendant's Convention rights
— Whether whole of conduct having to occur in category 2 territory for offences to be specified “extradition offences”
— Whether jurisdiction to refuse extradition on ground of abuse of process
— Whether extradition request disproportionate interference with Convention right to respect for privacy and family life
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Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c 38), s. 1(3)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s. 6, Sch. 1, Pt I, art 8
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Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), s. 137(2)