Maya practises at Brick Court Chambers in public law, EU and competition law, and co-writes the blog www.europeansanctions.com. Maya has acted in most of the leading sanctions cases in the European and English courts and undertakes a wide range of advisory work. She has given evidence to three Parliamentary committees on sanctions and spoken at numerous conferences.
From ‘smart’ sanctions to judicial review, closed hearings to the Brexit/Trump effect, Maya Lester QC briefs readers on the varied legal issues surrounding the foreign policy tool of choice: economic sanctions
Economic sanctions have been a foreign policy tool of choice for some time.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
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The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
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Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
