On 25 July 2018 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Senior District Judge Arbuthnot discharged Serhiy Bondarchuk from his extradition proceedings, brought by Government of Ukraine on the basis that it would be an abuse of the court’s process.  Barrister Ben Keith represented Mr Bondarchuk and was instructed by Katy Smart and Jessica Dunk at Sonn Macmillian Walker Solicitors.