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Former Rolls-Royce boss Sir John Rose, tech entrepreneur Brent Hoberman and former Barclays chairman Marcus Agius also joined them. In a letter to The Times newspaper criticising the extradition law, they said: 'This is not justice. Politicians on all sides want it changed. We've surrendered sovereignty over our own justice system for too long. The Government cannot stand by as another Briton risks being delivered like this to the US system.'
Dr Lynch is due to appear before magistrates next month to contest his extradition. His lawyers say the US is trying to exert extra-territorial jurisdiction over a British company governed by English law. The US has jailed former Autonomy finance chief Sushovan Hussain and claims Dr Lynch was involved in a massive fraud. Dr Lynch made hundreds of millions of pounds from the sale of Autonomy.