Shanghai Maritime Court holds foreign sanctions are no defence to breaching a shipping contract

28 July 2026

Shanghai Maritime Court holds foreign sanctions are no defence to breaching a shipping contracttesting/Shutterstock.com

China’s Supreme People’s Court has published the first judgment to apply China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law 2021 (AFSL). See our China pages for an overview of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and all China sanctions related...

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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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