UK court holds that US sanctions suspend UK contract payment obligation

25 November 2025

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In Beneathco v RJ O’Brien Ltd [2025] EWHC 3079 (Comm), the UK Commercial Court has rejected a claim for payment of money held in a client account on the basis that payment would involve...

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Michael O'Kane

Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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