Norris (Appellant) v Government of the United States of America (Respondent)

Case summary

Case ID

UKSC/2009/0052

Parties

Appellant(s)

Ian Norris

Respondent(s)

Government of the United States of America

Intervener(s)

Liberty

Issue

Whether the public interest in honouring extradition treaties is such as to require, in any extradition case, that an appellant must show 'striking and unusual facts' or reach 'a high threshold' if his article 8 claim is to succeed.

Facts

The Appellant is a 66 year-old British national who is sought by the US on charges of price-fixing and obstructing justice. The House of Lords ruled in 2007 that the conduct in relation to price-fixing was not capable of amounting to an extradition offence as it was not a crime known to English law when it was allegedly committed. The case was sent back to the District Judge for a decision on the other charges in the indictment. The District Judge found there to be no bars to extradition. The Appellant appealed.

Date of issue

28 September 2009

Judgment appealed

Judgment details

Judgment date

24 February 2010

Neutral citation

[2010] UKSC 9

Judgment links

Judgment summary

24 February 2010

Appeal

Justices

Lord Phillips

Lord Hope

Lord Rodger

Lady Hale

Lord Brown

Lord Mance

Lord Judge

Lord Collins

Lord Kerr

Hearing dates

Full hearing

Start date

30 November 2009

End date

1 December 2009

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