EXTRADITION

The Extradition Department at Kaim Todner LLP, led by Senior Managing Partner Karen Todner, is well versed in fighting extradition proceedings from the moment of arrest and appearance at the initial hearing in the Magistrates' court through to appeal proceedings in the High Court of Justice and the House of Lords:

The Extradition Act 2003

The Extradition Act 2003 came into force on the 1^st of January 2003 and it is designed to make it easier for governments to secure the surrender of persons within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom to states the world over.

Part I deals with territories that are member states of the European Union who operate the new "European Arrest Warrant" scheme. The EAW's are designed to speed up the process of hearing extradition cases so that individuals subject to an extradition request are sent back to the requesting territory far quicker than was possible under the more protracted procedures associated with the 1989 Extradition Act. This has been achieved by removing the need for requesting territories to prove a prime facie case against the defendant, that is to say, states under the 2003 Act are no longer obliged to provide any information other than that contained in the extradition request.

Part II deals with states that, whilst being members of the Council of Europe, are not in the European Union. It is also applicable to members of the British Commonwealth and to the United Kingdom's bi-lateral extradition treaty partners, such as the United States of America.

High Profile Cases represented by Kaim Todner LLP

• Gary McKinnon, accused by Virginia prosecutors of committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time" causing $7000,000 worth of damage to government computer systems is appealing to the House of Lords. His extradition has attracted intense media attention in the U.K. and across the Atlantic.

• Damir Travica, an ethnic Serb from Croatia, is accused by the Croatian government of committing War Crimes during the early part of the civil war which raged throughout the Balkans in the early 1990's. His case has also received intense media coverage in the U.K. & Croatian media.

In addition to these high profile cases, we are defending several clients at various stages of extradition proceedings against the governments of Canada, Poland, Lithuania and Trinidad & Tobago.

Recent Success Stories

• The Extradition department at Kaim Todner LLP have recently secured the discharge of extradition proceedings for clients against the governments of Portugal, Spain and Cyprus.

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