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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 extradition to the USA for an offence carrying a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole breached Art 3 ECHR and thus operated as a bar to extradition.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2008] UKHL 72
   
Judge(s): Lord Hoffmann, Lord Scott, Baroness Hale, Lord Carswell and Lord Brown
   
Date: 10 December 2008