Norris case may metamorphose into a trial - Telegraph

Norris case may metamorphose into a trial - Telegraph: "Norris case may metamorphose into a trial

Last Updated: 1:00am GMT 13/03/2008

Ian Norris's Kafka-esque nightmare is not quite over. The House of Lords has ruled that the former Morgan Crucible chief cannot be extradited to the US on price-fixing charges but he could yet end up on a free flight to America if the US authorities can make a case that he obstructed the course of justice.
# Norris tells of relief as Lords halts extradition

Mr Norris must wait to see if he can start enjoying the retirement that's been put on ice thanks to Britain's controversial extradition treaty with the US. Other businessmen can rest easier, however, after the Lords threw out the US Justice Department's bid to reframe Morgan Crucible's alleged price-fixing as the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud.
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That would have satisfied the requirement that an extraditable offence should be a crime in both countries, but at a significant cost. It would have criminalised an activity in the period prior to which it became a statutory offence, an alarming retrospective shifting of the legal goalposts.

Also celebrating yesterday was Goldshield, the drugs company being pursued by the Serious Fraud Office over allegations that it defrauded the NHS by fixing the prices of a couple of widely prescribed"