| Date: | Friday 12th September 2025 |
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will discuss:
- Twin tracks or diverging roads? Mapping European extradition practices;
- The prevention of torture;
- Right-wing populism in the US: what next for the rule of
- law?
- Practical issues and key stakeholders.
- Plus a Keynote address by Edward Fitzgerald KC.
Rebecca Hill has nearly two-decades’ experience before all levels of Court and is regularly instructed to appear against King’s Counsel. She has particular expertise in cross-border financial crime, requests with a political dimension (including abuse or manipulation by the State), and transnational criminality such as trafficking of people.
Rebecca has strong contacts with an international network of lawyers who can offer insight and parallel advice alongside domestic extradition or asylum challenges. She is a strong tactician and will seek to utilise this network to her client’s benefit. She has been described as “compassionate, committed and determined to achieve the right result."
Ben Keith is a leading barrister specialising in cross-border and international cases. He deals with all aspects of Extradition, Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Interpol, Financial crime and International Law including sanctions. He represents governments, political and military leaders, High Net Worth individuals, human rights defenders and business leaders in the most sensitive cases.
He has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as well as applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, (ECHR) and United Nations.
