Court of Arbitration for Sport finds UK sanctions temporarily suspend West Ham’s payment obligation to Russian football club

17 June 2025

Court of Arbitration for Sport finds UK sanctions temporarily suspend West Ham’s payment obligation to Russian football clubr.classen/Shutterstock.com

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has held that UK sanctions make it temporarily unlawful for West Ham United Football Club (WHU) to pay a transfer fee owed to a Russian football club (CSKA)...

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Maya Lester KC

Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. She is the…

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