Index card Barber v Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Overseas Territory

Barber v Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Overseas Territory

Hearings

England & Wales

26 Oct 2021 [2021] EWHC 2858 (Admin); [2021] 4 WLR 138; [2021] WLR(D) 542, QBD (Swift J)

Subject Matter

EXTRADITION — Appeal — Bar to extradition — Complaint of rape and indecent assault made against requested person — Decision made not to prosecute and requested person informed no further police action to be taken — Decision made years later to prosecute for same alleged offences following repetition of original complaint — Requested person by then caring full time for partner with deteriorating health — Whether extradition of requested person to face prosecution oppressive by reason of passage of time — Whether breach of Convention right to private and family life — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Extradition Act 2003 (c 41), ss 82, 87

[2021] EWHC 2858 (Admin); [2021] 4 WLR 138; [2021] WLR(D) 542, QBD

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Bars to Extradition - Passage of Time D31.25

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