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[2025] WLR(D) 359
King’s Bench Division
Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa Norte, Republic of Portugal v dos Santos
[2025] EWHC 1743 (Admin)
2025 July 8
Johnson J
Extradition— Appeal— Bar to extradition— District judge finding requested person convicted in absentia in requesting state without right to retrial or review amounting to retrial— Requested person only permitted to call evidence in exceptional circumstances on appeal under Portuguese law— Whether entitlement to appeal with qualified right to call evidence comprising review amounting to retrial— Whether entitlement to retrial including unqualified right to call evidence—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6
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Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), s 20(5)(8)