By Maya Lester KC & Michael O’Kane

EU court finds that the EU Syria sanctions listing was unjustified and breached fundamental principles of EU law; Nizar al-Assaad v Council

The General Court gave judgment yesterday in a case in which the EU Council did an about-turn in a targeted sanctions case; having stated for 10 years that the applicant was not listed on the EU’s Syria sanctions list, it then changed its mind and said he had been listed all along since 2011. Case T-426/21. The Court annulled the …

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Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human...

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