Sanctions and Export Controls

John Binns, Anoushka Warlow and Umar Azmeh to deliver Lexology Webinar on The UK’s Sanctions Regime: Navigating an Ever-Moving Horizon

BCL’s John Binns, Anoushka Warlow and Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky will be delivering a webinar in partnership with Lexology, 12th October, 03:00 – 04:00 PM BST, titled ”The United Kingdom’s sanctions regime: navigating an ever-moving horizon”.

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Cyber Sanctions: what are they, and are they here to stay?

Sanctions in the UK

Sanctions (including travel bans[1] and asset freezes) are a tool of foreign policy where the UK, as an EU member, not only implemented EU laws[2], but also played a leading role in making them.

While the policy lead for sanctions lies with the Foreign Office, the responsibility for enforcement lies with the Home Office (for travel bans) and HM Treasury, specifically the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which oversees a system of financial penalties for breaches of financial sanctions[3].

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