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Symeou v Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Appeal, Patras, Greece

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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Symeou v Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Appeal, Patras, Greece
   
Issue: Whether extradition proceedings were an abuse of process where the evidence was allegedly obtained by coercion, manipulation and a failure to summon S as required under Greek law; whether the passage of time rendered extradition unjust or oppressive; whether it would be incompatible with Arts 3, 6 and 8 of the ECHR.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/10602/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 897 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Laws LJ, Ouseley J
   
Date: 1 May 2009