Peters & Peters and the Criminal Justice Centre at Queen Mary, University of London Successfully Host First Panel Event: The Extradition Review Team Debate, 23 November 2011

On Wednesday night, over 130 guests attended a debate on the future of extradition in the UK. A distinguished panel of extradition experts including Right Honourable Sir Scott Baker, David Perry QC, Anand Doobay, Amy Jeffress, Jago Russell and Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas debated the findings contained in the report by the government-mandated independent review panel on the UK’s extradition arrangements.

The three members of the independent extradition review team (Right Honourable Sir Scott Baker, David Perry QC and Anand Doobay) had an opportunity to explain the findings from their year-long review. Amy Jeffress, Jago Russell and Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas provided insights on UK extradition from the perspectives, respectively, of the US Department of Justice, the NGO Fair Trials International and the world of legal academia.

With the direction of panel chairman Professor Peter Alldridge, accompanied by some poignant and challenging questions and comments from the audience, the panel debate was a lively and insightful affair. 

Michael O’Kane, Partner and Head of Business Crime Department at Peters & Peters said “this is the first of several events to be hosted by Peters & Peters in partnership with Queen Mary, University of London’s Criminal Justice Centre, and we are delighted that the evening was such a thoroughly stimulating and thought provoking event”.

To listen to a Podcast of the event, please click on the attachment below.