The Weekly Law Reports
[2024] 1 WLR 2227
King’s Bench Division
*Phillips v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
[2024] EWHC 32 (Admin)
2023 Dec 20, 21; 2024 Jan 12
Johnson J
Sanctions— Designation— Statutory threshold— Secretary of State designating individual for sanctions for promoting Russian Federation propaganda— Whether Secretary of State empowered to make regulations authorising imposition of sanctions in response to exercise of free speech— Whether regulations authorising imposition of such sanctions— Whether designation interfering with Convention rights—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10, Pt II, art 1
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Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c 13), s 11
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Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/855), regs 5, 6