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Saoirse Townshend represents Appellant whose extradition to Turkey for kidnap is barred by the High Court

Fordham J allows the Appellant’s appeal and discharges him from an order extraditing him to Turkey. The Court held that the District Judge ought to have found that extradition is barred due to the passage of time (s.82, Extradition Act…

13/05/2021
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Saoirse Townshend represents Appellant whose extradition to Turkey for kidnap is barred by the High Court

TGC Extradition Team Podcast – Episode 1, Bulgarian Prison Conditions

Daniel Sternberg and Saoirse Townshend of Temple Garden Chambers join host Benjamin Seifert fresh from the decision of the Divisional Court in Chechev and Vangelov [2021] EWHC 427 (Admin) in which they were led by Robin Tam QC. They discuss…

13/04/2021
News

High Court allows appeals against Bulgarian Extradition requests

Robin Tam KC, Saoirse Townshend and Daniel Sternberg successfully resist two European Arrest Warrants issued by Bulgaria on Human Rights Grounds. Three members of Temple Garden Chambers extradition team have successfully obtained the discharge of their clients on human rights…

26/02/2021
News

An Introduction to Extradition Law – Understanding the Basics

Extradition is an area of law which frequently produces headlines, with cases involving the USA, such as Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and Anne Sacoolas (hit and run at RAF Croughton) in the news. Significant changes are afoot with the UK set…

11/02/2021
Webinars

A Practical Guide to Extradition Law Post-Brexit

TGC Extradition team invites you to a webinar in advance of the publication of A Practical Guide to Extradition Law Post-Brexit. Further details are available in the attached flyer. To register please email events@tgchambers.com WEBINAR INVITE

30/11/2020
Webinars

Permission to appeal granted in lead extradition Latvian prison conditions case

Judgment in Danfleds & Jodelis v Latvia handed down today – permission to appeal granted and assurances required. Today, Nicola Davies LJ and Julian Knowles J handed down judgment in Danfelds & Jodelis v General Prosecutor’s Office, Latvia [2020] EWHC 2042 (Admin),…

28/07/2020
News

Permission granted in rule of law challenge to Polish Eaws

On 8 June 2020, Lewis J in the case of Wojciech Chlabicz v Poland (CO/4976/2019) and Fordham J in Robert Wozniak v Poland (CO 4299/2019) granted permission to appeal on the basis of recent Constitutional changes in Poland which effect…

10/06/2020
News

The Coronavirus Act 2020: What Extradition Practitioners Need to Know

The Coronavirus Act 2020 received royal assent on 25 March 2020. It contains provisions amending the Extradition Act 2003 which came into force on the same day. The Act makes substantial changes to the use of live links at extradition…

27/03/2020
News

Saoirse Townshend successfully represents Polish man, sought pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant

The Appellant submitted that the public interest in extradition was outweighed by the interference with his right to private and family life in the UK (Article 8 ECHR). An important feature of the case was that the Appellant had served…

27/02/2020
News

TGC Welcomes Saoirse Townshend and Anne Coulon to chambers

We are delighted to announce that Saoirse Townshend has accepted an invitation to join Temple Garden Chambers. Saoirse specialises in extradition and public law. She is a member of the Attorney General’s ” C” Panel. We are also delighted to…

06/01/2020
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