Edwin Holmes v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] EWHC 580 (Admin)

[2023] EWHC 580 (Admin)Case No CO/864/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Venue Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LLDate 16 th March 2023
Before
MR JUSTICE FORDHAM
Between
EDWIN HOLMESAppellantCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIARespondent
for The parties did not appear and were not represented
Hearing Hearing date: 16.3.23Judgment as delivered in open court at the hearing
Approved JudgmentI direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic..............................THE HON. MR JUSTICE FORDHAM
[1]This is an extradition appeal which was due to take place today. On 21 February 2023 the Appellant died at a hospice in Yorkshire. The death certificate was provided by the late Appellant’s solicitors to the Respondent and the Court. The Court communicated that, in the circumstances, it was minded to list the case for disposal with no attendance. Observations were invited and neither of the parties raised any concern or suggested alternative. I will include a recital that “UPON the Court being satisfied that this Order is appropriate in the circumstances and for the reasons described in the Judgment [2023] EWHC 580 (Admin)”. I will

order

“(1) No order on the appeal save that the appeal is hereby disposed of and finally determined. (2) No order as to costs save that there be a detailed assessment of the Appellant’s publicly funded costs.”