Former head of Morgan Crucible, Ian Norris has lost his appeal against extradition to the US over charges of obstructing justice.
Former head of Morgan Crucible, Ian Norris has lost his appeal against extradition to the US over charges of obstructing justice.
Nine justices of the Supreme Court unanimously held that Norris could not rely on Art 8 rights to private and family life to bar extradition.
Norris, 67, and his wife are both in poor health, and he relies on his wife for nursing needs. He claimed that extradition would cause disproportionate damage to his and his wife’s physical and psychological wellbeing, therefore Art 8 of the European convention on Human Rights applied and he should be discharged pursuant to the Extradition Act 2003, s 87.
He faces allegations of arranging for incriminating documents to be concealed or destroyed and of participating in a scheme to prepare false evidence to be given to US authorities.
Delivering the lead judgment in Norris v Government of United States of America [2010] UKSC 9, Lord Phillips said: “In a case such as this it is
