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Andrew O'Connor appears in Supreme Court terrorist asset-freezing cases
29 January 2010

Her Majesty’s Treasury (Respondent) v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed and others (FC)(Appellants); Her Majesty’s Treasury (Respondent) v Mohammed al-Ghabra (FC) (Appellant);R (on the application of Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef)(Respondent) v Her Majesty’s Treasury (Appellant) [2010] UKSC 2

Andrew O’Connor represented HM Treasury in these linked appeals, which were the first full appeals to be heard by the Supreme Court. The cases concerned the legality of terrorist asset-freezing orders made pursuant to s.1 of the United Nations Act 1946.

Author: 1templegardens