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R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether extraditing a person to a state where, if convicted, they would be mandatorily sentenced to life imprisonment, constituted a breach of Art 3 ECHR, and thus operated as a bar to their extradition.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/7553/2006
   
Neutral Citation:   [2007] EWHC 1109 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Laws LJ, Davis J
   
Date: 18 May 2007