The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 1 WLR 2569
Supreme Court
*Zabolotnyi v Mateszalka District Court, Hungary
[2021] UKSC 14
2021 Feb 23; April 30
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC
Extradition— Appeal— Fresh evidence— Defendant appealing against extradition to Hungary on ground he would be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment if extradited— Hungarian Ministry of Justice giving personal assurance guaranteeing compliance with defendant’s human rights— Defendant seeking to rely on fresh evidence of Hungary’s breaches of previous assurances given to others extradited there from Germany— Whether fresh evidence admissible— Whether special test of admissibility for evidence alleging breach of assurances given to third state—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 3
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Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), ss 26, 27(4)(b)