Hearings
30 Nov 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 1110; [1980] 1 All ER 701, DC
(pet dis) [1980] 1 WLR 1128, HL(E)
R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex parte Budlong
Additional names
Budlong, Ex parte
Kember, Ex parte
R v Governor of Holloway Prison, Ex parte Kember
Subject Matter
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Whether necessary — Extradition from United Kingdom of own national — Whether requiring justification on public policy grounds — Whether question requiring ruling by European Court — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179-II), art 48 (3)
EXTRADITION — Treaty — Construction — Burglary of confidential documents from United States government department — No formal document with particulars constituting offence according to English law — Whether substantial similarity of offences sufficient to constitute double criminality — Whether offence of political character — Whether attempted enforcement of public law — Extradition Act 1870, ss 3 (1), 26 — United States of America (Extradition) Order 1976, Sch 1, art III