{"id":809937,"date":"2026-05-01T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.com\/jurisprudences\/demeter-v-okresny-sud-humenne-slovakia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:10:08","slug":"demeter-v-okresny-sud-humenne-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"kji_decision","link":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.com\/zh-hans\/jurisprudences\/demeter-v-okresny-sud-humenne-slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Demeter v Okresny Sud Humenne (Slovakia)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MR JUSTICE LEWIS: 1 This is an\u00a0appeal by Lubomir Demeter under the Extradition\u00a0Act\u00a02003 against a\u00a0decision by District Judge Gareth Branston in the Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court on 5th April\u00a02017. By that decision, the district judge dismissed an\u00a0appeal against a\u00a0decision returning Mr\u00a0Demeter to Slovakia\u00a0pursuant to a\u00a0European Arrest Warrant. 2 The matter will be of importance to Mr\u00a0Demeter as he is required to be returned to serve a\u00a06-month prison sentence. Permission was granted on one ground only: namely, that under s.20 of the Extradition\u00a0Act\u00a02003 the appellant was not deliberately absent from the trial, although he was not present at the trial, and it is said that there were doubts as to whether or not he would have a\u00a0right of retrial if he were returned. 3 There has been further information provided by the Judicial Authority in Slovakia. That may well resolve matters as, subject to any arguments that Mr\u00a0Demeter wishes to put, it appears to be saying that Mr\u00a0Demeter would be served with a\u00a0decision and allowed to apply for a\u00a0retrial. I\u00a0make no further comment on that matter as there has not been any argument on it and Mr\u00a0Demeter may or may not have things he wishes to say about it. 4 The problem that arises with the appeal today is as follows. Mr\u00a0Demeter has had solicitors acting for him, but on 3rd November\u00a02017 they applied to come off the record. Today, I\u00a0have been very greatly assisted by Mr\u00a0Jonathan Swain from Drystone Chambers. Even though he has no instructions, he has been able to outline to the court what the position is. He has explained that he has made as clear as he can in the documents that he has drafted in English that there was a\u00a0court hearing today, and those have been translated and given to the appellant. Furthermore, the instructing solicitors spoke to the appellant with a\u00a0person present who spoke Slovakian, and they made him aware of the hearing today. The appellant is not in custody. However, Mr\u00a0Swain very fairly draws to my attention that there was a\u00a0note on the solicitors\u2019 record of the telephone conversation that they had with him that he was unable to attend today because of the short notice of the hearing. 5 In those circumstances, as it is through no fault of anyone\u2019s that this matter has come about at short notice in the way it has, it would, in my judgment, be unfair to proceed today, and Ms\u00a0Townshend for the defendant, who has been equally helpful, also accepts that it may well be unfair to proceed today. Ms\u00a0Townshend submitted that a\u00a0short adjournment of about a\u00a0week would be sufficient, providing Mr\u00a0Demeter was informed of the hearing; and she submitted (although she will check before the next hearing) that, provided there had been notice of the hearing to the appellant, the hearing could proceed in his absence. 6 In all the circumstances, in my judgment, the appropriate course of action is to adjourn this matter until Thursday, 16th November. I\u00a0would ask that the Administrative Court Office notify the appellant in writing immediately of the hearing on 16th November; and I\u00a0will invite the defendant, if they have an\u00a0address for him, to write confirming what has happened today and saying that they too have been asked to notify him of the hearing on 16th November. 7 I\u00a0finally simply wish to express my gratitude again to Mr\u00a0Swain, who attended without instructions but doing the best he can to assist the court. In that regard, I\u00a0grant the application of 3rd November\u00a02017 by ACA Law Limited to come off the record. 8 So the order will be: the hearing adjourned to 16th November; the Administrative Court Office to notify the appellant in writing immediately of the hearing on 16th\u00a0November; and the application by ACA Law Limited dated 3rd\u00a0November\u00a02017 to come off the record is granted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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