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R (Haroon Aswat) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Antoniou) v (1) Central And North West London NHS Foundation Trust, (2) Secretary of State for Health, (3) NHS England
   
Issue: Whether the extradition of someone wanted in the USA on terrorist charges whose mental health had led to his transfer from prison to hospital in the UK risked breaching Art 3 ECHR; the approach to fresh information following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/13747/2013
   
Neutral Citation:   [2014] EWHC 1216 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Lord Thomas CJ, Mitting J
   
Date: 16 April 2014