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Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O’Connor

Hearings

15 Aug 2017 [2017] NIQB 77; [2020] NI 113, DC (Morgan LCJ, Gillen LJ and Burgess J)

11 Mar 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

02 Feb 2022 [2022] UKSC 4; [2022] 1 WLR 903; [2022] 3 All ER 523; [2022] WLR(D) 61, SC(NI) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC)

Subject Matter

EXTRADITION — Appeal — Jurisdiction — Notice of application for leave to appeal against extradition order served outside statutory time limit through fault of defendant’s solicitor — Whether High Court able to refuse to hear appeal — Whether defendant doing everything reasonably possible to ensure notice given as soon as it could be given — Whether solicitor’s default to be attributed to defendant — Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), s 26(5)

[2022] UKSC 4; [2022] 1 WLR 903; [2022] 3 All ER 523; [2022] WLR(D) 61, SC(NI)

Appellate History

Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O’Connor [2017] NIQB 77; [2020] NI 113, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division in Northern Ireland affirmed

Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O’Connor [2022] UKSC 4; [2022] 1 WLR 903; [2022] 3 All ER 523; [2022] WLR(D) 61, SC(NI)

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Appeals - Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal D31.42

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