Earlier this month, the UK government announced the creation of a new agency to crack down on companies dodging trade sanctions. The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) will be responsible for the civil enforcement of trade sanctions, including those that have been imposed on Russia since the war in Ukraine started. The new unit […]
Last month, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, together with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), issued joint guidance on their approach to the ‘ownership and control test’, which determines the scope of UK asset freeze sanctions. Guidance alone is, however, unlikely to address the problems caused by the UK’s ownership and control […]
Anna Bradshaw and Alistair Jones publish in-depth analysis of the current state of play of the UK’s ownership and control test in leading industry publication WorldECR, the Journal of Export Controls and Sanctions (see issue #125). They assess the combined impact of the Court of Appeal’s comments in Mints on 6 October, the High Court’s […]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the UK government imposed sanctions on persons believed to benefit from or support the Russian government. Mr Makarov was designated by the UK in September 2022, allegedly because he was involved in supporting the government of Russia through carrying on business in the Russian energy sector. […]
Anna Bradshaw was interviewed on Sky News about whether British carmakers are getting around sanctions on Russia. Anna spoke about how the industry “has to be more aware of what red flags to look out for and what to do when they become aware of something that potentially looks like circumvention.”
The joined appeals in Dalston Projects Ltd and others v Secretary of State for Transport and Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs presented the first opportunity for the Court of Appeal to provide guidance on the correct approach to challenges to sanctions designations brought under section 38 of the Sanctions […]
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a calamitous event which has given rise to extraordinary hardship and global repercussions that continue to reverberate. Away from the battlefield itself, many have been displaced and businesses disrupted globally. One self-interested concern that arose in the legal community, inevitably, was how this would impact on […]
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, plenty of bold words have been uttered, calling for Russian assets in the UK to be seized. Suggestions included taking over the mansions of Russian oligarchs in London to house Ukrainian refugees, taking assets held in UK banks to fund its war effort or to help rebuild Ukraine […]
The Academy of European Law recently held a seminar on sanctions in the EU’s external relations. The seminar covered the legal aspects of restrictive measures applied by the European Union, including the recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Anna Bradshaw gave a presentation on the procedural aspects of proceedings […]
Earlier this week, Michael O’Kane hosted a discussion on the different approaches of the courts and governments in the UK, EU and USA to the issue of removing people and companies from targeted sanctions lists, including analysing recent case law. The recording of the webinar is now available to view. The speakers – Michael O’Kane, […]
