The scale of criminal justice co-operation between Britain and Ireland under EU agreements is highlighted in a new report on the European Arrest Warrant.

It isn’t necessary to be a eurosceptic on steroids to have concerns about the European arrest warrant (EAW) system, currently being used — and abused — by Spain’s government to get its Catalan dissidents back from Germany and Britain. Even the European Parliament voiced disquiet about what it described, back in 2014, as the system’s “imperfections”.

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange look set to fight on to stop his extradition to Sweden where he faces sex crime allegations.

The highest court in the UK today granted permission for Julian Assange to appeal against his extradition to Sweden, where he faces sex crime allegations.