Lady Benwell v. The Attorney General and Another – sllr 1989 volume 1 page 283

In the case between Philip Gorden James Benwell (petitioner) and the Attorney-General, involving extradition proceedings, the court examined the validity of the authority to proceed, the procedural requirements for extradition hearings, and the sufficiency of evidence supporting charges of fraudulent misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, and cheating. It was held that the defect in the authorization document—being signed by the Secretary to the President instead of the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence—was merely formal and did not invalidate the extradition process. The court reaffirmed that extradition proceedings do not require the judge hearing evidence to be the same as the one making the committal order, provided the evidence establishes a prima facie case. The statutory req