Extradition and International Arrest Warrants Compared
Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy
[2007] EWHC 1624
QBD
Weekly Law Reports Summary
12 July 2007
The amendments to s 2(5)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003 inserted by s 42 and para 1(1), Pt 1 of Sch 13 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 substituting the words “has been convicted” for “is alleged to be unlawfully at large” went only to the content of the European arrest warrant: whereas for the exercise of the power to extradite it remained necessary to show either an “accusation” case or an “unlawfully at large” case.