TNAG-2654-FCO40-3847-Extradition-cases-from-the-UK-and-France-to-Hong-Kong-Lorrai-1992 — Page 76

ATTACHMENT "A"

Disclosure was refused by the Government on grounds of public interest immunity on the following occasions:

I. June 1990 in the context of my application for disclosure of documents (including communications passing between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Hong Kong Government):

(1) Claim by United Kingdom Government by Certificate of Francis Maude dated 12th June 1990 in respect of 69 documents listed therein, including 11 documents which had been freely handed to my advisors by the Foreign Office;

(2) Claim by Hong Kong Government by certificate of Sir Piers

Jacob dated 24th June 1990 in respect of 56 documents.

I. February 1992: A further application for disclosure of documents:

(1) Claim by the Hong Kong Government by certificate of Sir David

Ford dated 24th February 1992 in respect of 47 documents

Sir

(2) Claim by the Hong Kong Government by certificate of

David Ford dated 25th February 1992 in respect of

of 25 documents

III. July 1992: Lord Justice Woolf had delivered a number of "interrogatories" to the Home Office seeking further details of the Home Secretary's consideration of my representations prior to signing the warrant for surrender.

(1) Claim by the Home Office in respect of a written summary and

a written submission prepared for the Home Secretary

(2) Claim by the Home Office in respect of the Home Secretary's

access to officials knowledgeable about my case and what advice was sought and what advice given

The claim for public interest immunity was made orally in court on 14th July 1992. Subsequently,

Subsequently, no certificate was issued, the Home Office taking the position that it was unnecessary so to do.

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