Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hala v Minister for Justice [2014] FCA 457 Citation: Hala v Minister for Justice [2014] FCA 457
Parties: RICHARD HALA v MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
File number(s): WAD 299 of 2013
Judge(s): SIOPIS J
Date of judgment: 9 May 2014
Catchwords: EXTRADITION – decision to surrender the applicant to the Czech Republic in relation to an extradition offence – whether the Minister for Justice made the surrender decision "as soon as reasonably practicable, having regard to the circumstances" – procedural fairness – whether there was an obligation to provide the applicant with an opportunity to comment on the Czech Republic's response to the applicant's submissions to the department as to why he should not be extradited.
Legislation: Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) ss 19(9), 22, 22(2), 22(3)(a)-(e), 22(3)(f), 23
Cases cited: Snedden v Minister for Justice of the Commonwealth [2013] FCA 1202 Santhirarajah v Attorney-General (Cth) (2012) 206 FCR 494 Oates v Attorney-General (Cth) (2001) 181 ALR 559 Zentai v O'Connor (No 3) (2010) 187 FCR 495 Rivera v Minister for Justice and Customs (2007) 160 FCR 115 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 297 ALR 225 Re Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 Attorney-General of the Commonwealth v Foster (1999) 84 FCR 582 Brock v Minister for Home Affairs [2011] FCAFC 167
Date of hearing: 9 December 2013
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