Anthony Jennings QC represented Mr Zardad in both his first and second trial, and Anthony Jennings QC and Alison Macdonald appeared in the preliminary hearing of the international law arguments.
The case concerned a mutual assistance request submitted by Nigeria in respect of funds they sought to recover and criminal prosecutions connected to the former rule of General Abacha. Clare Montgomery QC and Julian Knowles appeared for Mohammed Sani Abacha.
Julian Knowles appeared as junior for Akhmed Zakaev, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, who successfully resisted an application for his extradition by the Russian Federation.
Ben Emmerson QC and Julian Knowles appeared for Abdel Bary in this case concerning extradition offences committed outside the territory of the requesting state.
Clare Montgomery QC and Julian Knowles appeared for General Pinochet in the case concerning the former Head of State of Chile who had been charged for extraterritorial acts of torture, murder and conspiracy to murder - whether these acts constituted extradition crimes.
Clare Montgomery QC appeared in the joined case of Makhulif v Bow Street Magistrates Court in this application for a judicial review of a district judge's ruling that the jurisdiction to determine whether the detention of a fugitive was lawful lay with the High Court on a habeas corpus application.
Clare Montgomery QC appeared for the applicant in this case concerning the right to make representations prior to an order to proceed with extradition proceedings.
