Key legal question
Whether mutual legal assistance is admissible for determining the amount of bail in a foreign criminal case.
Extracted holding
Yes. A bail determination in pre-trial detention is a criminal and judicial matter within Art. 63 EIMP, even if not expressly covered by the treaties.
Extracted reasoning
The Court held that treaty law did not cover pre-trial detention, but domestic law could apply where more favorable. Pre-trial detention is inseparable from the criminal process and thus qualifies as a cause linked to a criminal matter.