The cost of sanctions
EU must pay legal costs of Mubarak family’s London lawyers
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…
