Extradition: a level playing field?

Will the courts refuse to hand over Mike Lynch on forum grounds?

Within weeks another British businessman could be ordered from the UK to face US justice and a decade in prison if convicted.

So said 21 parliamentarians and business leaders in a letter to The Times last Tuesday. The most unexpected signatory was Lord Hall of Birkenhead, who took care to avoid personal campaigning during the 35 years he spent, from trai…