Practice Hearing. The appellants' extradition to Rwanda was sought to stand trial for offences committed in the course of the civil war. They sought to adduce witness evidence in a closed material procedure or for it to be disclosed only to the third respondent Crown Prosecution Service. The Supreme Court held that there was no basis for recognising or creating a closed material procedure as a new exception to the principle of open inter partes justice. Further, the judge had no special statutory power which could enable her to make a non-disclosure order in relation to the requesting state.
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Indexing Terms:
Civil Procedure & Administration of Justice
Civil Evidence
Criminal Procedure
International Law
Criminal Evidence
Extradition
Trials
Prosecution & Pre-Trial Procedure
Source Name:
All England Reporter
Court:
0
Court Code:
SC
Judgement Date:
Wed, 2014-11-05
Court Classify:
Supreme Court
Cite:
[2014] All ER (D) 41 (Nov)
Case Name:
*VB and others v Westminster Magistrates' Court and others
Judge:
Lord Neuberger P, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson SCJJ
Prosecution Counsel:
Alun Jones QC and Samuel Blom-Cooper (instructed by Frank Brazell and Partners Ltd) for VB.
Defendent Counsel:
Diana Ellis QC and Joanna Evans (instructed by Clifford Johnston & Co) for EN.
Catch Words:
Practice
Hearing
Closed material procedure
Appellants' extradition to Rwanda being sought
Judge refusing to conduct closed material procedure and to grant witness anonymity order
Divisional Court finding witness anonymity order could be made
Appellants appealing
Whether closed material procedure being available
Whether irrevocable non-disclosure order should be made
Whether possible to make anonymity order
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November
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Locked
Top content:
No
Representation:
Alun Jones QC and Samuel Blom-Cooper (instructed by Frank Brazell and Partners Ltd) for VB.
Diana Ellis QC and Joanna Evans (instructed by Clifford Johnston & Co) for EN.
Timothy Moloney QC and James O'Keefe (instructed by O'Keefe Solicitors) for CM.
Edward Fitzgerald QC and Rachel Kapila (instructed by Hallinan Blackburn Gittings & Nott) for CU.
James Lewis QC and Gemma Lindfield (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the respondents.
Helen Malcolm QC and Mark Weekes (instructed by Bindmans LLP) for the third interested party.
Neutral Cite:
[2014] UKSC 59
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