Minister for Justice & Equality v Nolan
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Court | High Court |
Judge | Mr. Justice Edwards |
Judgment Date | 24 May 2012 |
Neutral Citation | [2012] IEHC 249 |
Date | 24 May 2012 |
[2012] IEHC 249
THE HIGH COURT
And
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S13
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S16
EUROPEAN UNION COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION 13.6.2002 (EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003) ART 2(2)
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S45
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S21A
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S22
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S23
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S24
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORIST OFFENCES) ACT 2005 S79
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORIST OFFENCES) ACT 2005 S80
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORIST OFFENCES) ACT 2005 S81
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORIST OFFENCES) ACT 2005 S82
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S3(1)
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED MEMBER STATES) ORDER 2004 SI 4/2004 ART 2
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED MEMBER STATES) ORDER 2004 SI 4/2004 SCHED
SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 S1 (UK)
OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 S47
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 S226 (UK)
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 S227 (UK)
POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 S82(4) (UK)
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EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S38(1)(B)
NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1997 S3
NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1997 S1
NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1997 S2
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMDT) ACT 1990 S2(1)
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S38(1)(A)(ii)
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S37(1)
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 5
CONSTITUTION ART 40.1
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 14
EUROPEAN UNION COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION 13.6.2002 (EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003) ART 26
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 S225 (UK)
R (JAMES & ORS) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE 2010 1 AC 553 2009 2 WLR 1149 2009 4 AER 255
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.6
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HEALTH ACT 1947 S38
HEALTH ACT 1953 S35
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S37(1)(B)
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CONSTITUTION ART 38
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MIN FOR JUSTICE v STAPLETON 2008 1 IR 669 2008 1 ILRM 267 2007/41/8499 2007 IESC 30
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S37(1)(A)
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RYAN v DPP 1989 IR 399
DPP v CORBALLY 2001 1 IR 180 2001 2 ILRM 102 2000/7/2445
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1990 S2
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.1
PILECKI v POLAND 2008 1 WLR 325 2008 4 AER 445
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CRIMINAL CODE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY S66(1)
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EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 3
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CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION 25.10.1980 (HAGUE CONVENTION) ART 20
CONSTITUTION ART 41
CONSTITUTION ART 42
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CRIMINAL LAW (JURISDICTION) ACT 1976
EXTRADITION ACT 1965 PART III
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (EVIDENCE) ACT 1924
CONSTITUTION ART 40.3.1
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.2
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.3
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.4
CHILD ABDUCTION & ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTODY ORDERS ACT 1991
CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ART 6
CONSTITUTION ART 38.1
ART 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION & EMERGENCY POWERS BILL 1976, IN RE 1977 IR 159
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EXTRADITION LAW
European arrest warrant
Constitutional rights - Personal liberty - Presumption of innocence - Conviction warrant - Indeterminate sentence - Imprisonment for public protection - Preventative detention - Whether correspondence - Whether minimum gravity - Whether right to personal liberty intended to benefit citizen outside State - Whether preventative detention in issuing state proximately connected with order for surrender - Whether preventative detention in issuing state prohibited by Constitution - Coffin v United States 156 US 432 (1895); King v Attorney General [1981] IR 233; People (DPP) v Campbell (1983) 2 Frewen 131; Clarke v McMahon 1 IR 228; Nottinghamshire County Council v B(K) [2011] IESC 48 (Unrep, SC, 15/12/2011); Minister for Justice and Equality v Shannon [2012] IEHC 91 (Unrep, Edwards J, 15/2/2012) considered - European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (No 45), ss 16 & 37 - Constitution of Ireland 1937, Articles 38.1 & 40.4.1 - Surrender refused (2011/350EXT - Edwards J - 24/5/2012) [2012] IEHC 249
Minister for Justice and Equality v Nolan
Facts The surrender of the respondent was sought by the authorities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on foot of a European arrest warrant (EAW) which related to two offences, namely attempted rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm which the respondent had been convicted of and duly sentenced to imprisonment. The respondent did not consent to his surrender. However, no issue was raised regarding the identity of the respondent, his arrest, the form, endorsement and execution of the warrant and in relation to correspondence and minimum gravity. Additional information supplied by the issuing judicial authority stated that an indeterminate sentence was imposed on the respondent for public protection with the minimum custodial term of 30 months to be served before the respondent was eligible for release providing it was considered that there was not a significant risk to members of the public or serious harm by him committing a further specified offence. Having spent five years and three months in custody, the respondent was release on temporary release but failed to return to prison on the required date in July 2010. The Parole Board was due to determine the respondent"s remaining sentence in October 2010. The EAW herein stated that the respondent"s release will not be recommended by the Parole Board if he is surrendered. The respondent, who was an Irish citizen objected to his surrender and argued that it was prohibited by section 37(1) of the European Arrest Warrant Act, 2003. More specifically, the respondent submitted that his surrender would constitute a contravention of Article 40.4 of the Constitution of Ireland because the sentence he would be required to serve was preventative in nature, being an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection under the terms of the English Criminal Justice Act 2003. The respondent submitted that he had already served the punitive element of the sentence which was expressly specified as 30 months. It was submitted that preventative detention is unconstitutional save for limited provisions in relation to the refusal of bail and that the type of sentence the respondent would be required to serve was different in nature from any sentence which was known or constitutionally permissible in this jurisdiction. The respondent also submitted that there was a delay in holding his parole hearing and it was unclear when, if ever, he would receive another parole hearing. The respondent further argued that his continued imprisonment would constitute an arbitrary and disproportionate interference with his liberty. There was also evidence that there was a Bill before the legislature in the UK to abolish the system of indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection but this abolition would not apply retrospectively. The respondent submitted there was no objective justification for causing such significant prejudice to him by treating him differently on account of the date of commission of the offences. The respondent adduced evidence from an expert on the law in the UK and how it applies in the respondent"s situation. It was submitted on behalf of the applicant that the reason preventative detention was repugnant to the Constitution was because it was inconsistent with Article 38 which required that a person should only be punished in the criminal law context following a trial in due course of law, an important aspect of which was the presumption of innocence. It was submitted that Article 38 did not have extra-territorial application and consequently it would not be contrary to the Constitution for the court to...
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