Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Handbook

The Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Handbook is the new edition of the previously entitled Extradition Law Handbook. It is a comprehensive guide to extradition under the Extradition Act 2003 and to mutual legal assistance. In addition to providing comprehensive guidance to the statute law, it contains summaries of the leading cases and appendices containing the main statutory and international instruments.

Extradition is a rapidly-evolving area of law and consequently extradition legislation and cases can be very difficult to locate. As the only dedicated sourcebook available, this Handbook brings together legislation and relevant case law covering the European Council Framework decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States: European Convention on Extradition; Commonwealth and treaty countries; and UN Conventions. It also includes sections on human rights implications and war crimes tribunals.

This new edition has been expanded to provide full coverage of mutual legal assistance, reflecting the growing importance of this area of law, and the overlap between these powers and extradition. It provides guidance on the relevant statutes and international agreements relating to mutual legal assistance, as well as to the relevant case-law.

The experienced practitioner author team have created a valuable reference tool, offering comprehensive and practical commentary, along with the key source materials and a reliable and rigorous selection of relevant cases required for extradition practice.

John Jones is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers specializing in extradition, war crimes, and counter-terrorism. He has appeared in many reported extradition cases and is consistently recommended by the directories in the field of extradition. He also publishes the Extradition Law Reports. He has appeared as counsel before a number of international courts and tribunals, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the European Court of Justice. He is also admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, USA and the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Rosemary Davidson is a barrister at 6 King's Bench Walk. She is an extradition specialist, with extensive experience of advising and representing clients at all stages of contested extradition proceedings. Her appellate experience includes a number of reported extradition cases and she recently published an article on the principle of triviality in European Arrest Warrant cases. Rosemary is appointed to the Attorney General's civil panel and as well as the Attorney General's unified list of prosecutors. Her wider practice includes criminal law, public law and immigration. She also has international experience, having spent four months as an intern at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.