Oskar v Government of the Commonwealth of Australia

Subject Matter

CRIME — Fugitive offender — Committal proceedings — Authority to proceed — Australian government requesting return of fugitive — Fugitive serving prison sentence in England — English court ordering charge to lie on file — Whether “disposed of” — Whether bar to issuing authority to proceed — Australian evidence in support of request — Whether properly certified — Delay — Whether order for returning fugitive unjust or oppressive — Fugitive Offenders Act 1967, ss 5, 9(2)(b)(3), 11

[1988] AC 366; [1988] 2 WLR 82