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Case details

General

General
CaseID	UKSC 2011/0264
Case name	Assange (Appellant) v The Swedish Judicial Authority (Respondent)
Case stage	Hearing Scheduled
Date of issue	15 Dec 2011
Expedition requested	Requested
Order being appealed - Date	02 Nov 2011
Order being appealed - Court	Divisional Court QBD (EW)
Devolution	No
Human Rights raised	Yes
Human Rights raised - details	Article 5(3)
Intervener	Yes

Summary

Case Summary

On appeal from the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division (England and Wales) Issue Whether a European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) issued by a public prosecutor is a valid Part 1 EAW issued by a “judicial authority” for the purpose and within the meaning of sections 2 and 66 of the Extradition Act 2003. Facts The Appellant, a journalist well known through his operation of Wikileaks, visited Sweden to give a lecture in August 2010. He had sexual relations with two women. Both women went to the police who treated their visits as the filing of complaints. The Appellant was interviewed by police and subsequently left Sweden in ignorance of the fact that a domestic arrest warrant had been issued for him. Proceedings were brought in the Swedish courts in the Appellant’s absence, although he was represented, in which a domestic warrant for the Appellant’s detention for interrogation was granted and upheld on appeal. Subsequently, an EAW for the Appellant was issued by the Swedish Prosecution Authority that set out allegations of four offences of unlawful coercion and sexual misconduct including rape. The EAW was certified by the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency under the Extradition Act 2003. The Appellant surrendered himself for arrest in the UK and, following an extradition hearing, his extradition to Sweden was ordered. The order was upheld on appeal to the Divisional Court. Subject Matter catchwords for indexing Extradition – European Arrest Warrant – Judicial Authority

Permission to appeal

Permission to appeal
Date supporting documents received	15 Dec 2011
Date PTA application referred to justices
Date of oral hearing
Permission granted/refused	Granted
Notice of intention to proceed filed	Yes

Parties

Parties
Appellant name	Julian Paul Assange
Appellant case due date
Appellant case date filed	13 Jan 2012
Respondent name	The Swedish Prosecution Authority
Date form 3 filed
Date form 3 issued
Respondent case due date
Respondent case date filed	17 Nov 2012
Intervener - names	Gerard Batten and Vladimir Bukovsky Lord Advocate

Appeal

Appeal
Justices allocated	Yes
Justices allocated - names	Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore Lord Wilson
PTA granted by court below	No
Statement of facts & issues and Appendix due date
Statement of facts & issues and Appendix date filed	12 Jan 2012
Time estimate
Time estimate received
Time estimate number of days	2 days
Hearing date	01 Feb 2012
Other hearing location
Core volumes due date
Core volumes date filed
Authorities due date
Authorities date filed
Hand down date

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