UK High Court holds sanctioned borrower cannot use sanctions to resist mortgage possession claim

16 June 2026

UK High Court holds sanctioned borrower cannot use sanctions to resist mortgage possession claimnampix/Shuterstock.com

The High Court has held that a mortgage lender was entitled to possession of a property owned by a UK-sanctioned person — West One Loan Limited v Okroyan [2026] EWHC 1428 (Ch). Anna Okroyan...

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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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