[2013] UKSC 71
A European arrest warrant issued by a ministry of justice in respect of a convicted person could be regarded as issued by a judicial authority for the purposes of Decision 2002/584 and the Extradition Act 2003 Pt 1 if the ministry only issued the warrant at the request of, and by way of endorsement of a decision to issue a warrant by, the court responsible for the sentence or some other person or body properly regarded as a judicial authority responsible for its execution. A ministry issuing a warrant of its own motion or at the request of a non-judicial authority could not be regarded as a judicial authority.
SC (Lord Mance JSC, Lord Kerr JSC, Lord Wilson JSC, Lord Hughes JSC, Lord Toulson JSC )
20/11/2013