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The Supreme Court recently re-examined the dual criminality rule ‘in a judgment that is reckoned to have caused consternation within the US Department of Justice’, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ


In two places at once? David Walbank KC considers requests for extradition & the double criminality rule
A man suspected of insider trading has escaped extradition due to the double criminality rule, in a landmark case that ‘effectively overturns’ a 20-year-old House of Lords precedent.
A test case on extradition has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Writing in this week’s NLJ, George Hepburne Scott, barrister at Church Court Chambers, explains the issue—a lack of consensus among High Court judges about the extent to which they can take account of the prospect of early release overseas.
To what extent can an English extradition court take account of the prospect of early release overseas? George Hepburne Scott calls for clarity

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, has agreed a deal with the US authorities where he will plead guilty this week to a single espionage charge in the US District Court in Saipan, after which the US will drop its extradition request

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has escaped immediate extradition to the US, where he is wanted on charges of espionage
The High Court has redrawn the scope of ‘criminal participation’, in a recent extradition case. 
George Hepburne Scott & Giovanna Fiorentino examine extradition where the relevant alleged criminal activity took place outside of the requesting state
Nick Vamos suggests the home secretary sailed close to the wind when trying to delay Michael Lynch’s extradition
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