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• Marcin Bukowski v Regional Court in Bydgoszcz [2009] EWHC 1283 (Admin); instructed by the requested person - whether the defence of duress can be argued by the defence as rendering absence from a trial abroad “involuntary” - applicable burden and standard of proof.
• Farnesi v Court of Livorno, Italy [2009] EWHC 1199 (Admin); instructed by the requested person - whether particulars of the European arrest warrant sufficient - whether extradition offence proved to the criminal standard - Article 8 ECHR right to respect for private and family life.

• Taylor v Governor of Wandsworth Prison [2009] EWHC 1020 (Admin); instructed by the requested person, led by Edward Fitzgerald QC - extradition orders - fresh evidence - reopening appeals - jurisdiction of the High Court - right to be free from torture/inhuman and degrading treatment - right to respect for private and family life.

• Poland v Dytlow [2009] EWHC 1009 (Admin); instructed by the requested person - led by Clare Montgomery QC - abuse of process - affect of a grant of asylum on the power of a District Judge to order extradition - right to be free from torture/inhuman and degrading treatment - refugee and immigration law.

• Pietrzak v Poland [2008] EWHC 2138 (Admin); [2009] 1 W.L.R. 866; instructed by the requested person - clerical errors; European arrest warrants - sentence length misstated in the request - whether breach of Article 5(1) and 8 of the ECHR.

• Zakowski v Regional Court in Szczecin, Poland [2008] EWHC 1389; instructed by the requested person - whether the requested person was entitled to know details confirming the existence of a domestic warrant for his arrest in the requesting State.

• Kucera v Czech Republic [2008] EWHC 414 (Admin); [2009] 1 W.L.R. 806; [2008] 4 All E.R. 80; instructed by the Special Crime Division - convictions - extradition offences - particulars - applying recent House of Lords Authority of Pilecki - questioning prior High Court authority - right to respect for private and family life - sentence length - totality of sentence.

• Gercans v Latvia Extradition  [2008] EWHC 884 (Admin); instructed by the Special Crime Division - civil procedure - appeal notices - filing - jurisdiction - service - whether statutory time limits complied with.

• Harvey v Portugal [2007] EWHC 3282 (Admin); instructed by the Special Crime Division - whether a delay of 17 years issuing the extradition request ought to bar surrender.

• Krzyzowski v Poland [2007] EWHC 2754 (Admin); instructed by the Special Crime Division - guidance on the burden and standard of proof under section 14 (passage of time bar to extradition) - the need for positive evidence of lack of procedural safeguards to guarantee a fair trial in the requesting State - the extent to which concurrent fault (on the part of the requested person and the requesting State) which causes delay is relevant to the passage of time - questioning prior High Court authority.

• Watson v Bonheur [2007] EWHC 2975 (Admin); instructed by the Special Crime Division - delay - whether extradition barred by reason of.

• Gronostajski v Poland [2007] EWHC 3314 (Admin); instructed by the requested person - judicial review - delay bringing the requested person to Court due to mistake of the prison service - whether reasonable cause for delay - District Judge’s decision that the delay bringing a defendant to Court was permissible - whether that decision was ‘unreasonable’.