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Furnival Chambers

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Furnival Chambers' recent work highlights include extradition requests in relation to alleged membership of a terrorist organisation, conspiracy to murder, and robbery, as well as Joel Smith KC‘s instruction for the CPS in the high-profile case USA v Julian Assange. Additionally, Smith KC acted for the US government in proceedings that concerned the extradition of a woman accused of the murder of two of her children, and attempted murder of a third child. Nicholas Hearn represents an individual sought for extradition for a re-trial after acquittal in relation to alleged war crimes in Croatia v Milenko Maric, and was also instructed for the Government of the USA in an extradition request for an individual accused of impersonating well-known entertainment industry executives and promising victims non-existent work in the Indonesian film industry.

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