National Legal Service: court cases and practice areas

Practice areas

Extradition15
Public and administrative law14
Family and children7
Civil liberties and human rights4
Crime1

Courts

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)4
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)1
High Court18

Counsel most often instructed

Malcolm Hawkes5

Judgments by year

20260
20252
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20233
20224
20215
20204
20192
20182

Cases later courts cite most

Cases National Legal Service acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
12 Jul 2018	Shumba & Ors v Public Prosecutor In Nanterre County Court, France & Ors [2018] EWHC 1762 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In extradition cases, Article 3 requires substantial grounds for believing that the requested person faces a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment.…	8
17 Jun 2022	IONUT-BOGDAN MERTICARIU v JUDECATORIA ARAD, ROMANIA [2022] EWHC 1507 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Under section 20 of the Extradition Act 2003, entitlement to a retrial may be established even where reopening depends on a requesting state court deciding…	5
16 Nov 2018	Shumba & Ors v Public Prosecutor In Nanterre County Court, France & Ors [2018] EWHC 3130 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In extradition cases alleging a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3, the court must assess current conditions and may proceed on the basis of mutual…	3

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
17 Jun 2022	IONUT-BOGDAN MERTICARIU v JUDECATORIA ARAD, ROMANIA [2022] EWHC 1507 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Under section 20 of the Extradition Act 2003, entitlement to a retrial may be established even where reopening depends on a requesting state court deciding…	5
10 May 2022	JACEK PIEKARSKI v THE DISTRICT COURT IN LUBLIN, POLAND [2022] EWHC 1088 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In an extradition appeal under the Extradition Act 2003, material factual errors in the first-instance proportionality assessment require the appellate court…	2
11 Feb 2022	MICHAEL WALSH v HIGH COURT IRELAND [2022] EWHC 286 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In an extradition appeal raising Article 8 rights, delay does not make extradition disproportionate merely because it has contributed to established family…
14 Jan 2022	MAREK VAJDIK v BRATISLAVA DISTRICT COURT (SLOVAKIA) [2022] EWHC 55 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In an Article 8 extradition case, delay must be analysed by reference to its cause, whether the requested person was responsible for it, and its effect on the…	2
27 May 2021	Bernotas v Lithuanian Judicial Authority [2021] EWHC 1410 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court An extradition assurance must be read in its full context. Where the requesting state is a party to the proceedings, an authoritative submission explaining the…	2
20 Apr 2021	Roger Montgomerie v Government of Australia [2021] EWHC 983 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court For the purposes of Extradition Act 2003, culpable or inexcusably dilatory delay may contribute to injustice or oppression, but delay alone will not ordinarily…
13 Nov 2020	Kechedzhiev v Gdansk Regional Court, Poland [2020] EWHC 3021 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court For dual criminality, the mens rea of the equivalent English offence may be inferred from the conduct alleged in a European Arrest Warrant where it is the only…
11 Jun 2020	Ostrowski v Circuit Court Warszawa-Praga In Warszawa, Poland (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 1580 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In extradition proceedings, the United Kingdom court’s proportionality assessment is distinct from the requesting judicial authority’s decision whether to…
21 Apr 2020	Kamil Siatkowski v Regional Court in Kielce (Poland) [2021] EWHC 996 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In an extradition case engaging Article 8, the public interest will usually outweigh private and family life interests unless the consequences of extradition…
16 Nov 2018	Shumba & Ors v Public Prosecutor In Nanterre County Court, France & Ors [2018] EWHC 3130 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In extradition cases alleging a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3, the court must assess current conditions and may proceed on the basis of mutual…	3
12 Jul 2018	Shumba & Ors v Public Prosecutor In Nanterre County Court, France & Ors [2018] EWHC 1762 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court In extradition cases, Article 3 requires substantial grounds for believing that the requested person faces a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment.…	8

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