Katy Smart ranked Band 1 in Chambers and Partners 20255

17 October 2024

Sonn Macmillan Walker's Extradition department maintains its Band 2 ranking in the Chambers and Partners 2025 edition. It is now in its third year ranked in Band 2.

The Extradition department is headed by Katy Smart, who maintains her Band 1 ranking in this year's edition.

Sonn Macmillan Walker work strategically and we provide a bespoke service tailored to the client’s needs to ensure a favourable result. Our expertise covers all stages of extradition litigation, from the Magistrates’ Court through to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. Our firm routinely acts in cases where political motivation or client vulnerability may be a factor.

We have successfully resisted extradition requests on complex human rights grounds and on the basis that criminal prosecution was politically or economically motivated.

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Katy Smart

Head of Extradition

Katy is a leading specialist extradition lawyer, listed in the Legal 500 for extradition and crime and ranked as a Band 1 extradition lawyer in Chambers and Partners.

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27 November 2024

Extradition Request to Poland Withdrawn

Our client had already faced an extradition to Poland in 2012 for the same matters in this case. SMW were able to argue against the extradition citing reasons of abuse of process.

25 November 2024

Extradition Request to Lithuania Discharged

Our client faced extradition for eight offences. We successfully argued that this extradition would be incompatible with his Article 8 rights.

11 October 2024

CPS decision to prosecute GBH dropped against our youth client after representations

Leah Connolly represents a client, RR, with vulnerabilities and successfully challenged the CPS decision to prosecute leading them to discontinue the case.