Jansons v Latvia, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, March 18, 2009, [2009] EWHC 1845 (Admin)

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Jansons v Latvia, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, March 18, 2009, [2009] EWHC 1845 (Admin)

SMITH BERNAL WORDWAVE

Neutral Citation Number: [2009] EWHC 1845 (Admin)

Case No. CO/8590/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

DIVISIONAL COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London WC2A 2LL

Date: Wednesday, 18th March 2009

B e f o r e:

SIR ANTHONY MAY

(PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION)

MRS JUSTICE DOBBS

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Between:

JANSONS

Claimant

v

LATVIA

Defendant

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Miss R Kapila (instructed by Claude Horby & Cox) appeared on behalf of the Claimant

Miss R Davidson (instructed by CPS) appeared on behalf of the Defendant

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J U D G M E N T

1. SIR ANTHONY MAY: The court is very frequently, as it happens, addressed by advocates to the effect that a case is unusual. It happens in almost every case that comes before the court. This really is, in my view, not only a most unusual case but in one respect I think exceptional.

2. The appellant whose extradition to Latvia on a Cat...

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