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District Judge Heptonstall refused extradition to Turkey on two bases: (1) the offence was not an “extradition offence” since the mens rea of the offence could not be impelled from the conduct set out in the warrant and Further Information;…
TGC has once again been recognised in the 2024 Legal 500 UK Bar rankings, with 58 individual rankings across 11 practice areas. The Legal 500 UK Bar is a reputable ranking system that recognises the UK’s top barristers and…
On 22 September 2023, District Judge Rai, sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court discharged a Romanian man. He had been arrested on a Part 1 Warrant for stealing copper from an from an electrical system and then, a number of items…
The Brook House Inquiry is a public inquiry set up to investigate mistreatment of individuals who were detained at Brook House IRC between 1 April 2017 and 31 August 2017, as shown in the BBC Panorama programme “Under-Cover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets” aired…
TGC are delighted to announce that Sian Reeves’s application for the Attorney General “A” Panel of counsel has been successful, having previously been on the “B” Panel. We are also pleased to announce that Kathryn Howarth & Saoirse Townshend’s application…
Kathryn Howarth represented the Requested Person at his extradition hearing before District Judge Turnock on 16 June 2023, who on 4 July 2023 handed down a judgment discharging the Requested Person from the extradition proceedings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He…
Saoirse Townshend has joined the legal team acting for the Department of Health and Social Care in The Infected Blood Inquiry. The Infected Blood Inquiry is currently hearing evidence from former Health ministers. The final phase of hearings will start…
The second phase of hearings in the Brook House Inquiry have resumed. The Brook House Inquiry was set up to investigate mistreatment of individuals detained at Brook House IRC between 1 April 2017 and 31 August 2017. The Inquiry was…
On 23 September 2021, judgement was handed down in the joined in the cases of Wozniak v the Circuit Court in Gniezno and Wojciech Chlabicz v Regional Court in Bialystok [2021] EWHC 2557 (Admin) in which the Requested Persons argued…
The TGC Extraditon Team is delighted to announce the publication on 6th September of ‘A Practical Guide to Extradition Law Post-Brexit’. Find it at www.lawbriefpublishing.com/ExtraditionLawPostBrexit. A 10% off discount code can be found here. Kathryn Howarth; Myles Grandison; Daniel Sternberg; Benjamin…
