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Year: 2014

Contents

This e-learning course answers 10 key questions on the role of the defence lawyer in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) proceedings.

Each answer provides the reader with a structured overview of the topic as well as detailed information regarding relevant instruments and cases.

Before going in-depth into the answers to the 10 key questions, the reader can follow a brief summary of the history of the EAW.

Key questions

• What is an EAW and when does it apply?
  
• What is the difference between a criminal defence lawyer's and an extradition lawyer’s role?
  
• On what grounds can an EAW be challenged?
  
• Can an EAW be postponed for any reasons?
  
• Is it relevant that the requested person has been subject to criminal proceedings in another state?
  
• Is there a refusal ground if the requested person has already been tried for the offence without their knowledge?
  
• Can any other reasons not to surrender be invoked?
  
• What remedies are there if the first instance court disregards the defence claims?
  
• Are there any matters to consider prior to a requested person consenting to surrender?
  
• At what stage should a lawyer in the issuing state be engaged?
  

Authors

• Holger Matt, Chairman of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), Frankfurt
  
• Vânia Costa Ramos, Partner, Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados, Lisbon
  
• Jodie Blackstock, Director of Criminal and EU Justice Policy, JUSTICE, London
  

Last updated on 27 October 2014

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Area of Law: Criminal Law

Language: English

Article-no.: 313ED41

Price: 280,00 EUR