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The cost of sanctions

EU must pay legal costs of Mubarak family’s London lawyers

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Joshua Rozenberg
Apr 07, 2022
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The announcement yesterday of new sanctions by the UK, EU and US against Russian banks and individuals came on the same day as an EU court ruled against sanctions from a very different era. It is, perhaps, a cautionary tale.

The EU General Court ruled in favour of the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family. Mubarak, who stood down in 2011…

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