In a judgment delivered on 23 April 2026 (C-528/24, Boothnesse), the EU Court of Justice held that, under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the mere possibility that the requesting State may breach of the rule of speciality does not, in itself, justify refusal of surrender. What matters is whether that feared breach gives rise to a real risk of a violation of fundamental rights. The case arose from proceedings before the Irish Supreme Court concerning three individua

Court of Justice of the European Union, judgement of the 14th of July 2022, Procureur général près la cour d’appel d’Angers , C‑168/21,...

With a judgment of 27 May 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union, in its Grand Chamber composition, held that ‘[t]he concept of...