Extradition

Jonathan Swain is an extradition specialist notable for his experience of appearing in Westminster and the High Court in appellate proceedings. He represents individuals and judicial authorities, and is praised for his advocacy and written submissions.

Jonathan is an exceptionally good extradition counsel who is highly recommended for technical legal arguments as well as human rights challenges.

He makes crisp submissions orally and has a good judicial brain to determine the outcome, which serves him well.

Jonathan is an extremely good barrister with a wide breadth of knowledge and great depth in dealing with complicated cases.

Stefan Hyman is an impressive junior, frequently appearing on behalf of both requested persons and states in extradition requests. His cases raise issues concerning prison conditions, the rule of law, and judicial independence across a range of jurisdictions.

Stefan is an excellent and highly sophisticated junior barrister, offering very strong advocacy and very solid case preparation and client service.

He is a real intellectual powerhouse and gets results.

He is an encyclopedia of European law and has interesting insights. He advances more novel arguments and his written work is extremely detailed.

Ben Joyes is a junior with a wealth of experience in international law matters who has a well-earned reputation in the extradition space. He has vast knowledge of cases concerned with prison conditions and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. He has additional expertise in Interpol-related cases.

He is very innovative on difficult cases, very creative, and a very good thinker.

He's got some fantastic international experience and is very well prepared, with very good written submissions.

He is a sensible advocate who is very measured and not easily flustered.