9 February 2024
Part 2 - Still a ‘Special Relationship’? The ‘forum bar’ and the development of the extradition relationship between the UK and the USA
This blog is part two of a two-part blog series. In part one we discussed the forum bar to extradition and the relevant case law of extradition proceedings, following a request from the USA to the UK, in which the forum bar has been successfully argued.
31 January 2024
Still a ‘Special Relationship’? The ‘forum bar’ and the development of the extradition relationship between the UK and the USA – a two-part blog series
This blog is part one of a two-part blog series. In this blog we discuss the ‘forum bar’ to extradition and the relevant case law of extradition proceedings, following a request from the USA to the UK, in which the forum bar has been successfully argued.
29 January 2024
Red Notice Roulette: The Crime of Gambling in China
China is one of the few countries in the world that criminalises gambling, and a recent crackdown on gambling activities by the Chinese authorities has resulted in an increased number of Red Notices and other INTERPOL alerts being issued for gambling offences.
28 November 2023
Rwanda policy held unlawful but the government vows to fight back
On 15 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court unanimously found the Secretary of State’s Rwanda Policy to be unlawful, upholding the Court of Appeal’s judgement. The Supreme Court decided that Rwanda was not a safe third-country for asylum seekers, and that there is a real risk that the principle of “non-refoulement” will not be respected there. Non-refoulement means that asylum seekers should not returned to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.
24 October 2023
The Home Office’s new detention powers under the Illegal Migration Act
The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (“IMA”) became law on 20 July 2023. However, the majority of its provisions are yet to be brought into force.
