AC-2023-LON-001835 - [2025] EWHC 2770 (Admin)

The Warrant was issued on 7 July 2022 and certified by the NCA on 29 July 2022. Mr Beraru was arrested in connection with the Warrant on 9 August 2022, and thereafter was remanded on conditional bail.

The extradition hearing took place before District Judge Clews on 23 April 2023 at which Mr Beraru raised a number of points:

Mr Beraru’s extradition was ordered by District Judge Clews on 9 June 2023. He heard and rejected the four challenges to the Warrant.

The appeal against that decision was received in the Administrative Court Office on 14 June 2023. Permission was refused on papers by Sir Duncan Ouseley on 31 October 2023, but granted in respect of one ground at a renewal hearing by Mrs Justice Hill on 24 May 2024.

On 28 November 2024, the appeal was stayed pending the decision of the Supreme Court in El-Khouri v United States of America (in which judgment was delivered on 12 February 2025: [2025] UKSC 3). That stay was lifted on 21 March 2025.

On 1 April 2025, Mr Beraru applied to join his case to the case reference AC-2024-LON-003052 (Zilinskas v Siauliai Regional Court, Lithuania) which was listed for a Rolled-up hearing on 10 April 2025. That application, and an associated application that the case be heard by a Divisional Court, was refused by Mr Justice Martin Spencer on 4 April 2025.

On 5 March 2025, Mr Beraru applied to add the two additional grounds to his appeal.

On 20 October 2025, Mr Beraru made an application for an extension of time to serve the hearing bundle and skeleton. While the reasons for the request (the weight of professional commitments of Mr Beraru’s legal team) are not altogether satisfactory, I am satisfied that it is appropriate to grant the extension sought.