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Norris v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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Norris v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether the Secretary of State was correct to continue to designate the USA as a territory not required to show a prima facie case given the USA’s failure to ratify the 2003 US-UK Extradition Treaty, which had created asymmetry in the extradition arrangements between the two countries.
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/3557/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 280 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Sir Igor Judge (President of the QBD), Cresswell J
   
Date: 24 February 2006