Russian Oligarchs and Asset Freezing

No doubt some Russian oligarchs are criminals and restricting their travel and seizing their assets is a proportionate response, but merely being connected to Putin is not.

Where will it end? Just because a Russian oligarch has been bareback riding with Putin, does not make him a rogue.

The legality of these sanctions is open to serious doubt anyway and I hope that a “good” oligarch with nothing to hide, applies to the UK court to have them lifted because I think the government will lose.

An excellent article by Jonathan Ames (the times.co.uk) is well worth reading.  Many lawyers think that the first port of call is the Europe Court of Justice in Luxembourg, and that the UK court will not help unfreeze assets until European routes are exhausted.  I do not agree, an application for judicial review can be dealt with as a matter of days in an urgent case, and these are urgent cases.

Expert legal advice could win the day.

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