Karsten v Federal Republic of Germany [2008] FCA 331

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Karsten v Federal Republic of Germany [2008] FCA 331

EXTRADITION – Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) – extradition offence – extraditable person – whether a warrant is "in force" – parity of sentencing – no reason to go behind the face of the warrant and extradition request – extraditable person – qualifying extradition offence – whether magistrate informed of consent – abuse of process Extradition Act 1988 (Cth), ss 5, 6, 16, 18, 22 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 31A Bertran v Vanstone [2000] FCA 359, 173 ALR 63 followed Brock v Minister for Justice & Customs [2007] FCA 2091 considered Brock v United States of America [2007] FCAFC 3, 157 FCR 121 considered Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 followed Cabal v United Mexican States (No 3) [2000] FCA 1204, 186 ALR 188 considered Commonwealth Bank of Australia v ACN 000 247 601 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2006] FCA 1416 followed Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kainhofer [1995] HCA 35, 185 CLR 528 followed Dutton v O'Shane [2003] FCAFC 195, 132 FCR 352 followed Harris v Attorney-General (Cth) (1994) 52 FCR 386 followed Minister for Home Affairs v Tervonen [2008] FCAFC 24 followed R v Karsten [2007] ACTSC 20, 208 FLR 324 cited Rivera v Minister Administering the Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) [2007] FCAFC 191, 99 ALD 235 followed Tervonen v Minister for Justice & Customs (No 2) [2007] FCA 1684, 98 ALD 589 followed Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL [1999] NSWCA 8, 46 NSWLR 55 followed Vasiljkovic v Commonwealth [2006] HCA 40, 227 CLR 614 followed CHRISTOPH KARSTEN v FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE & CUSTOMS ACD 31 OF 2007

FLICK J

14 March 2008

Canberra IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY DISTRICT REGISTRY ACD 31 OF 2007

BETWEEN: CHRISTOPH KARSTEN