Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 12 November 1999.
1. The applicant is a national of the United States of America. A request has been made for his extradition to the USA. The Chief Executive has issued to the magistrate an authority to proceed, and committal proceedings before the magistrate are scheduled for later this month. The applicant issued proceedings seeking leave to apply for judicial review of the decision to issue the authority to proceed, for an order of certiorari to quash that decision, and mandamus requiring the Chief Executive t