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Profile
Renata has been with us since May 2006 and is a qualified duty solicitor. She undertakes all types of criminal work including appeals against extradition orders, and has represented individuals in a number of high profile cases.
Renata has expertise on mutual assistance and extradition requests, including both Category 1 and Category 2 territories. She has represented those accused of murder, drug trafficking, sexual offences and fraud.
Renata is a member of the Extradition Lawyers’ Association and the Legal Advisory Panel for Fair Trials Abroad.
Hungarian speaking
Notable cases:
R (on the Application of Zaporozhchenko and Redya) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2011] - extradition request from Ukraine regarding allegation of large scale fraud. Judicial Review of the decision of the Magistrates’ Court not to discharge a Ukrainian extradition request because the Secretary of State for Home Department failed to order extradition within the permitted period- corresponding date rule does not apply.
Varga v Szolnok City Court [2011] - Extradition request from Hungary, discrimination against Roma- expert evidence- extraneous considerations.
Osman v Turkey [2011] - extradition request from Turkey concerning allegation of murder.
Khan and others v Government of the United States of America [2011] - Extradition request from USA regarding allegations of fraud.
Taylor v Governor of Wandsworth Prison [2009 ]- Extradition request from the Government of the United States of America- jurisdiction of the High Court- fresh evidence regarding ill health - re-opening extradition appeal- right to be free from torture/ inhuman and degrading treatment (Article 3 ECHR)- right to family life (Article 8 ECHR).
Bukowski v Regional Court in Bydgoszcz [2009] - extradition request from Poland- whether defence of duress can be argued by the defence as rendering absence from a trial abroad “involuntary”- application of burden and standard of proof.
Walllance v Canada [2009] - extradition request from Canada. Extradition proceedings arising from the “Boxing day shootings “in Toronto.
Wenting v High Court of Valenciennes [2009] - extradition request from France, successfully argued before the High Court that appellant’s extradition should be barred due to passage of time.
Recent Cases
- Extradition to Germany
- Extradition to Germany
- Extradition to America for Robbery
- Extradition to America for Robbery
- Extradition to Germany for Fraud
- Extradition to Germany for Fraud
- Extradition to Sweden
- Extradition to Sweden
- Extradition to Ireland for murder
- Extradition to Ireland for murder
- Extradition to Ireland
- Extradition to Ireland
- Extradition to Italy to serve a prison sentence
- Extradition to Italy to serve a prison sentence
- Extradition to Croatia – War Crimes
- Extradition to Croatia – War Crimes