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Dempsey v Government of the United States of America [2020] EWHC 603 (Admin), 2020 WL 01235532
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Dempsey v Government of the United States of America [2020] EWHC 603 (Admin), 2020 WL 01235532

bySimon Berney-Edwards

Nature of case: Appeal against an order to send the case of Brian Dempsey to the Secretary of State for the Home Department who ordered his extradition to the United States of America. The appellant's case is that the matters revealed in the various reports commissioned in the context of the structured negotiations agreement give rise to substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that he will be subjected to inhuman treatment when detained in the County Jail sufficient to amount to a violation of his art. 3 rights under the Convention.

 

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