The case of OT under the EU Russian sanctions framework and the CJEU’s judgment of 15 November 2023

On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 the EU General Court dismissed again a listingchallenge under the EU Russian sanctions framework by a Russian businessman, ‘OT’¹ .The First Chamber ruled in extended…

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Judicial review for contracted staff working for EU Special Representatives in third states, despite no evident route for obtaining judicial review: The first judgment in Stockdale v Council and Others

IntroductionOn 26 July 2023, the Seventh Chamber of the General Court rendered a judgment in Case T-776/20 Stockdale v Council and Others¹,  which many might not have noticed. It has…

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The relevance of time and the necessity of up-to-date arguments of the EU for the imposition of sanctions: The El-Qaddafi Case

On 20 April 2023, in Council v El-Qaddafi (C-413/21 P) the European Court of Justice (‘the ECJ’) dismissed the appeal brought by the Council of the European Union (‘the Council’)…

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