co-accused's return. I do not accept that this is so. The
Home Secretary had had drawn to his attention what had
happened to the co-accused and that was certainly something
to which he was entitled to have regard. However, it must
be a matter for his discretion as to whether it would be
appropriate to seek information from the French Government
and he having exercised his discretion not to do so, I do
not regard this as a matter which entitles the court to
intervene.
6.
There was a failure to act on the evidence of bad
faith. In the previous proceedings for an order of habeas
corpus, it had been forcefully argued on Mr. Osman's behalf
that the Hong Kong Government was not acting in good faith.
In support of the application for judicial review, the lack
of good faith is now put in two different ways. First the
lack of good faith in the extradition proceedings and
secondly the lack of good faith in relation to the manner
in which the preparations are being made for the trial in
Hong Kong. The case for
a lack of good faith is based
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