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MJ&E v O’Connor: Brexit poses no substantial risk to deprevation of rights to warrant refusal of extradition | SCOIRLBLOG
In this judgment, Minister for Justice and Equality v O’Connor, the Supreme Court held that O’Connor did not establish that Brexit posed any real risk that any of his rights would not be respected if he was surrendered under a European Arrest Warrant to the United Kingdom.
The Court proposed the following draft questions:
The Court requested that the CJEU fast track this case. The CJEU declined that request. However, the High Court made a reference with almost identical questions, where the application was in continued detention, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v. R.O. [2018] 2 I.L.R.M. 199. In that case the CJEU acceded to the request for an expedited hearing. And it delivered judgment in that case in September (here).
The Court held that, in RO, the CJEU had provided answers to the questions it referenced in this case, citing specifically from para 62:
In the absence of substantial grounds to believe that the person who is the subject of that European arrest warrant is at risk of being deprived of rights recognised by the Charter and the Framework Decision following the withdrawal from the European Union of the issuing Member State, the executing Member State cannot refuse to execute that European arrest warrant while the issuing Member State remains a member of the European Union.
O’Connor argues that, due to the expedited case hearing in RO, the CJEU decided the case incorrectly, failed to consider different arguments he wanted to raise, or did not adequately consider or address those alternative arguments.
The Supreme Court stated it would withhold lifting the stay on O’Connor’s surrender for four weeks from the judgment date, October 9. That time is to allow O’Connor to persuade the CJEU to re-open the questions decided in RO. Otherwise, the stay on his surrender will be lifted after those four weeks.
by scoirlblog on October 10, 2018 • Permalink
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