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European Arrest Warrant (1 Paper / 1CPD Point) - Buy now

European Arrest Warrant by Dr. Elaine Fahey, BL

Despite its recent introduction, a growing mass of caselaw on the European Arrest Warrant law, a judicial co-operation procedure that has replaced extradition, has evolved. The author outlines key decisions of the Irish Supreme Court in respect of the European Arrest Warrant in Irish law. The provisions of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 which purports to implement the Framework Decision are outlined as they arise in the caselaw of the Irish courts. Key caselaw in relation to fundamental rights challenges, evidential challenges and access to justice complaints are considered. The author considers the effectiveness of s. 37 of the Act of 2003 in the Supreme Court caselaw and the impact of the Pupino decision of the Court of Justice is reflected upon.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Elaine Fahey LL.B (Dub.)., LL.M. (Cantab.), Ph.D (Dub.) Attorney-at-Law (New York) Barrister-at-law (King's Inns), is a graduate and Scholar of Trinity College Dublin and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and an Assistant Lecturer in law at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. She has lectured and taught at Trinity College Dublin and the Law Society of Ireland. She formerly worked as a Judicial Research Assistant in the Judges' Library Four Courts, Dublin. Her doctoral thesis is in the area of Article 234 EC preliminary references and she is the author of numerous publications in the area including the forthcoming title Practice and Procedure in Preliminary References to Europe: 30 years of Article 234 EC caselaw from the Irish Courts (Firstlaw, Dublin, forthcoming), Irish Tort Legislation (Firstlaw, 2007) and is the editor of the new monthly publication European Law Update: European Regulatory and ECJ Developments (Firstlaw, 2007).

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