Introduction Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA introduced the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to provide a speedier and more simplified extradition facility between EU Member States. It … Read more
Category: EU and international
Arrest for anticipated breach of the peace
Context From time to time the police have to deal with a situation in which one or a few persons exercising their right to engage … Read more
The European Chief Prosecutor
The appointment The prospects of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) being operational before the end of 2020 were significantly advanced last week when the … Read more
European Arrest Warrant
Basic principles The European arrest warrant (EAW) is an instrument for the surrender of a person from one EU Member to another for the purpose … Read more
UK Port and Border Controls
Facts of the Beghal case In a decision handed down a few weeks ago in Beghal v United Kingdom (App. no.4755/16), the Grand Chamber of … Read more
Brexit and EU Criminal Law
Police and judicial cooperation with the EU in criminal matters did not feature in the mainstream media coverage of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. The misleading … Read more
Adultery
In a unanimous five judge decision in Shine v India, the Supreme Court of India overturned precedent to declare unconstitutional the colonial era offence of … Read more