Edward Grange

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Extradition

• Successful defence of a dual British-Russian national sought by the Russian Federation for money laundering allegations arising out of alleged bribery and corruption within the Russian shipping industry.  In a significant development, the Senior District Judge (in a departure from the approach taken by his predecessors) was persuaded to adopt a wide definition of ‘political opinions’  bringing extradition law in line with the approach taken by the courts in asylum cases. The SDJ found that “this court has been persuaded that there is a risk that this request falls into the category of “sensitive” cases where the interests of the State, big business and the [requested person] are so intertwined that the request is found to be, or possibly be found, driven by motives that are not evidenced based, but rather politically, in the wider sense, motivated.”
• Acted for an Ecuadorian national in the first extradition request to the UK from Ecuador. The client was discharged from the extradition proceedings at first instance.
• Acted for an individual whose extradition was sought by the USA in connection with the ‘tuna bond’ scandal.
• Secured the discharge of a British national whose extradition was sought by Greece following his conviction in absence that resulted in a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment.
• Secured the discharge of a Gambian national sought on the first ever extradition request to the UK by Gambia.
• Secured the discharge of a British national whose extradition was sought by the UAE for fraud offences.
• Obtained the discharge of a female sought on a Russian extradition request on the grounds that she would face a real risk of ill treatment in the female prison system.
• Successfully appealed the decision of a District Judge to send to the Secretary of State the case of Retired Lieutenant Shankaran. The case was an Indian request for extradition relating to the so-called ‘Naval War Room Leak’.
• Secured the discharge of an individual sought by the USA on the basis that the prospect of him being civilly committed breached Article 5 ECHR
• Secured the discharge of an Italian national sought in Naples for the alleged murder of a police officer over 30 years ago.

INTERPOL

• Secured the deletion of red notices issued at the request of the UAE authorities for a British couple.
• Obtained interim measures for a client blocking the circulation of a ‘diffusion’ and ‘red notice’ whilst the CCF considered substantive representations. A red  notice was never published.
• Secured the deletion of a red notice for a British national who was the subject of a red notice for issuing a ‘bounced cheque’.
• Persuaded the CCF to recommend to the General Secretariat of INTERPOL that a red notice application for his client not be processed on the grounds it would breach INTERPOL’s Constitution to do so.

Criminal Litigation

• Acted for ‘Boy B’ who was acquitted of offences of conspiracy to rob and perverting the course of justice following the fatal stabbing of a youth in Manchester.
• Secured no further action for a teenage client accused of rape. Edward advised the client in interview.
• Acted in successful judicial review of police search warrant
• Successfully represented an individual charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Expert defence witnesses were instructed from the UK and USA to give their opinion on the phenomenon of “looming” that led to the CPS offering no evidence shortly before trial.
• Secured the acquittal of an individual who stood trial on allegations of domestic abuse.
• Obtained NFA’s for two clients accused of being involved in an affray during a West Ham football match at the London Stadium.
• Secured the acquittal of a client who faced trial for the alleged theft of a bottle of wine valued in excess of £7,000.
• Successful representation of an individual accused of raping a co-worker. No further action was taken against the client after a yearlong police investigation.
• Successfully drafted representations to the CPS, resulting in a client not being charged with allegations of child abduction.

Business Crime

• Acting for an executive in connection with a major police investigation.
• Acted for an individual in an SFO prosecution for bribery offences.
• Advised an individual in a DOJ/FCA investigation into the trading of dollar SSA bonds.
• Advised a suspect in the SFO investigation into Tesco.

Career

Edward joined Corker Binning as a Partner in June 2015. He previously was Head of Extradition at Hodge Jones & Allen LLP, and began his career at Sonn Macmillan Walker.

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