Ben Keith
@BenCAKeith
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International human rights Barrister, specialising in Extradition, INTERPOL, Immigration, Human Rights & International Law @5SAHLaw & https://t.co/NGjGrz1EvQ
London, England
Joined October 2011
Yesterday arguing the extradition case of Sanchez v United Kingdom at the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. #strasbourg #HumanRights #extradition
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@JohnRentoul That’s not a government decision. It’s an appeal. Not sure I can say it any other way. The judgment of Jan 2025 is not a decision of any government department. It’s an appeal dealing with the government decisions of 30/4/24 and the law and the facts as they stood then.
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@JohnRentoul Then he was correct. The law and executive decisions that were being examined in the appeal are the law and facts on 30/5/24. Each step of the appeals process examines whether the lower one was correct. And ultimately whether the decision by the Home Office (30/5/24) is lawful
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@CountofDown @JohnRentoul No the decision was made on 30/5/24. The appeal (which is not a government decision) but a court decision is 2025.
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@JohnRentoul @CountofDown So the chronology (from the judgment). Application made 25/1/24 (para 4). Application refused 30/5/24 (para 5). Appeal to tribunal (FTT)- judgement 19/9/24 - appeal to Upper Tribunal - judgement published 28/1/25. So DECISION was 30/5/24. After that dealt with by the courts.
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@JohnRentoul That’s the decision of the Court (Upper Tribunal). The decision that was subject of the appeal was May 2024. Happy to discuss.
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@CountofDown @JohnRentoul The appeal was issued this year. That’s a court decision not a government decision. The original decision was May 2024.
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RT @5SAHLaw: @BenCAKeith writes for @Telegraph, in relation to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s approach to China. Raising concerns over human ri…
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RT @5SAHLaw: Barristers @BenCAKeith and @GeorgiaEBeatty acted on behalf of the Government of Japan This is the first extradition request f…
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RT @5SAHLaw: We are seeking applications from barristers 2 - 10 yrs PQE (but may be flexible for the right candidate(s)) with an establishe…
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@legalstyleblog That’s my point - it is only illegal if you mention it in the jury room. If you’re researching a piece of law and it happens to be relevant then so what? They judge gives the directions. If you start trying to tell other jurors what to do that’s not allowed.
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RT @Billbrowder: Putin is about to inflict a refugee crisis on Europe. Here’s how to stop it Giving frozen Russian assets to Ukraine would…
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@legalstyleblog Yes but how would you possibly find a barrister in contempt for that? Or even discover it? It only becomes a problem if the barrister says “I know better than the judge” or “the law is X”. Juries are directed to take the law from the judge.
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@legalstyleblog @cordwainia Jury duty is usually 3 weeks. You can’t take cases during it. A judge in an ongoing case will have to adjourn to the end of jury duty or you get excused.
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@legalstyleblog @cordwainia This can’t be right. In any event juries are given a window - usually 3 weeks. So a barrister couldn’t do a case whilst on jury duty.
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RT @5SAHLaw: @BenCAKeith & @AmyWoolfson write for Global Investigations Review - 9th Edition, @GIRalerts on Interpol Read their expert com…
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RT @aliyildizlegal: The UN Committee against Torture has ruled that Sweden violated the Convention against Torture when it rejected the asy…
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RT @Billbrowder: Now that Vladimir Kara-Murza is out of prison we can re-energize our campaign to get more Magnitsky Acts around the world.…
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