Alleged international drug trafficker granted Supreme Court certificate

The High Court has finalised the basis on which a British national, who is wanted in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine and cannabis worth millions of pounds into the United Kingdom, can appeal his extradition to the Supreme Court.

The court ruled last week that it would allow Philip Michael Baron (aged 55) appeal the decision to extradite him to the Supreme Court but delayed formally granting the certificate in order to allow counsel on both sides redact the “question” – a point of law of exceptional public importance - raised by his defence.