Atkinson v United States

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date05 November 1969
Date05 November 1969
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Re Schmidt
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 June 1994
    ...of State to order the surrender of the fugitive to an authorised representative of the foreign state. In Atkinson v. U.S.A. Government [1971] A.C. 197, to which I shall refer in more detail later, it was held by this House that once a magistrate had decided that there was sufficient eviden......
  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Launder
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 21 May 1997
    ... ... Arrangements exist between the United Kingdom and the Crown Colony under the Fugitive Offenders (Hong Kong) Order 1967 for securing that ... Paragraph 3(3) of the Joint Declaration states: "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will be vested with executive, legislative ... The Principles to be Applied in Extradition Cases ... 46 In Atkinson v. United States of America Government [1971] A.C. 197, 232-233 , Lord Reid said of the ... ...
  • R v Telford Justices, ex parte Badham
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 21 December 1991
    ... ... applied ... Reg. v. Humphrys [ 1977 ] A.C. 1 , H.L.(E.) considered ... Atkinson v. United States of America Government [ 1971 ] A.C. 197 , H.L.(E.) distinguished ... Per ... ...
  • R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, ex parte Sinclair
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 11 April 1991
    ...appellant. 19The magistrate in a very short judgment concluded in the light of the decisions in your Lordships' House of Atkinson v. United States of America Government [1971] A.C. 197 and Royal Government of Greece v. Governor of Brixton Prison [1971] A.C. 250, that he had no jurisdictio......
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