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R (Hilali) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; Crown Prosecution Service and Secretary of State for the Home Department (Intervener)

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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R (Hilali) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; Crown Prosecution Service and Secretary of State for the Home Department (Intervener)
   
Issue: Whether courts in the UK can order the authorities of a requesting state to which a person has been extradited to return the person to the UK on the grounds that he is being, or is likely to be, dealt with in breach of the specialty rule in the requesting state.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/6329/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2008] EWHC 2892 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Dyson LJ, Griffith Williams J
   
Date: 25 November 2008