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Extradition—Extradition hearing—European Arrest Warrant

26 November 2009
Issue: 7395 / Categories: Case law , Law reports
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Louca v A German Judicial Authority, [2009] UKSC 4

Supreme Court, Lord Hope DP, Lord Rodger, Lord Mance, Lord Collins and Lord Kerr SCJJ, 19 November 2009

When a European Arrest Warrant is issued by the authorities of one member state for execution in another, it has to include a reference to the domestic warrant upon which the European Arrest Warrant is based, but need not include references to any other European Arrest Warrant which may have been issued on the basis of the domestic warrant.

Conor Quigley QC and John Jones (instructed by Cartwright King Solicitors, Nottingham) for the appellant. James Lewis QC and Daniel Jones (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the respondent.

The appellant was a Cypriot national whose arrest in England and surrender to Germany for alleged tax evasion was sought by the German authorities pursuant to a european arrest warrant of July 2008. The warrant was certified by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) pursuant to s 2(7) of the Extradition Act 2003 (EA 2003).

The provisions of the

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