Yesterday, after having agreed a plea deal with US authorities, Julian Assange left a US court in Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, a free man. This latest development brings to an end this long-running saga, including 13 years of self-imposed confinement and detention in a UK prison for the WikiLeaks founder. Nick Vamos, who has […]
In this LexisNexis Corporate Crime analysis, Nick Vamos and Adam Wawrzynski consider the extradition case of Julian Assange, how the case arose in 2010, its background, the current stage of the appeal and next steps, the main ground of appeal, and what, if any, impact a successful appeal would have. Please note that the article […]
Last week, a US jury acquitted Mike Lynch, one of the UK’s former leading tech entrepreneurs, of fraud. He spent around one-third of his 12-year legal battle fighting extradition to the US. His case has fuelled criticism of the extradition arrangements between the UK to the US, with critics calling them “desperately unfair” and too […]
Earlier this week, the High Court ruled that Julian Assange could appeal his extradition to the US. In this last episode of the long-running battle that the WikiLeaks founder has been fighting against the 2022 extradition decision made by then Home Secretary Priti Patel, the judges gave him until tomorrow to submit a full case […]
The first episode of Red Eye, a thriller that first aired last month on ITV, had viewers glued to their seats. On landing in Heathrow, the main character is extradited straight to China for a crime that he claims he did not commit, having been denied a phone call or any form of legal representation. […]
The finishing line may be getting closer, but in the latest twist in Julian Assange’s marathon fight against his extradition to the US, the High Court has asked the US and the Secretary of State for some further assurances. At a two-day hearing in February, the High Court considered whether the WikiLeaks founder could be […]
Nick Vamos and Franziska Christen have secured a discharge for a client facing extradition to the Republic of Kenya (a category 2 territory under the Extradition Act 2003) to face criminal proceedings for conspiracy to defraud. We had previously won the client’s release on conditional bail. The case raised issues in relation to: – the […]
Yesterday, the legal team of Julian Assange was back in court in a bid to stop the extradition of the Wikileaks founder to the US. The two-day hearing in the High Court will consider whether Mr Assange can be granted leave to appeal against the 2022 extradition decision made by then Home Secretary Priti Patel. […]
On Thursday last week, the body of 10-year-ol Sara Sharif was found at her home in Working, Surrey. The police said that the three people it was trying to find in connection with her death had left the UK the day before. The police is now working with international authorities to locate them. Anna Bradshaw […]
Last week, according to media reports, two men who had stabbed to death an aspiring lawyer in a case of mistaken identity were each jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years. In February 2021, a group of six men attacked Sven Badzak, 22, and a friend, 16, near a supermarket in Kilburn, […]
