нужно определиться(There is no half-way house; either A were entitled to act on behalf of B in the extradition proceedings or they were not. It is obviously important that B is clear on this point. 4uzhoj)
свидетель – это не вещь(This means that the fact that you have taken a statement from a witness and the witness is likely to be called to give evidence for the prosecution does not prevent the defence from taking a statement or precognition from that witness. As all lawyers know: "there is no property in a witness" meaning that neither side 'owns' a witness. gov.ukAlexander Demidov)