Louca (Appellant) v A German Judicial Authority (Respondent) (Criminal Appeal from Her Majesty's High Court of Justice)

Case summary

Case ID

UKSC/2009/0047

Parties

Appellant(s)

Anastassos Andrea Louca

Respondent(s)

A German Judicial Authority

Issue

Whether the reference to ‘any other warrant’ in section 2(4)(b) and 2(6)(c) of the Extradition Act 2003, properly construed, is a reference to any other domestic warrant on which the European Arrest Warrant is based.

Facts

The Petitioner is a 48 year-old Cypriot national resident in the UK. His extradition is sought by the Respondent judicial authority for six offences of tax evasion. Three European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) were issued for his arrest, each new EAW was intended to replace the one before. The EAW upon which his extradition was ordered failed to refer to the previous EAWs.

Date of issue

18 March 2009

Judgment appealed

Judgment details

Judgment date

19 November 2009

Neutral citation

[2009] UKSC 4

Judgment links

Appeal

Justices

Lord Hope

Lord Rodger

Lord Mance

Lord Collins

Lord Kerr

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