London's High Court to hear forum dispute in Baturina real estate claimLondon’s High Court will consider a forum dispute Wednesday in a claim filed by Russian billionaire Elena Baturina against RusPetro CEO Alexander Chistyakov, RAPSI learned from Paul Hastings LLP Partner Michelle Duncan, who is representing Baturina in the case.18:17 30.07.2013
Russian billionaire sues GE subsidiaries for $75 millionAlexander Lebedev told Profile magazine that he is suing GE subsidiaries demanding compensation for their allegedly fraudulent operations involving Blue Wings airplanes.11:08 22.04.2013
Aeroflot appeals London decision in favour of BerezovskyRussian national airline Aeroflot told RAPSI Thursday that it has appealed a judgment handed down by the London High Court last October refusing to enforce a Russian court’s judgment against self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his business partner Nikolai Glushkov.19:03 21.03.2013
London court grants BTA Bank ownership shares in Russian portFinding that Cypriot shell company Usarel Investments Ltd. had knowingly helped disgraced Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov defraud BTA Bank during his former tenure as its chairman, London’s High Court of Justice held Tuesday that Usarel is liable under Kazakh law to deliver most of its ownership shares in Russia’s Vitino Port to BTA Bank.10:53 20.03.2013
Sovcomflot loses appeal of UK bribery ruling, vows to carry on to Supreme CourtSovcomflot failed last week in its attempt to recast a series of alleged bribes carried out by former director general Dmitri Skarga as crimes under English as opposed to Russian law in the appeals division of London’s High Court of Justice.18:22 13.03.2013
London High Court orders Tajik mogul to pay damages to Russian lenderLondon’s High Court of Justice has ordered Tajik businessman Avaz Nazarov and a company owned by him to pay up for various tort and contract claims arising from the failure to repay millions of dollars in loans granted by Russian businessman Valery Vorobyev.14:45 13.03.2013
Litvinenko case hearings to be partially held behind closed doorsThe disclosure of the information in the inquest into former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko's death will partially be held behind closed doors according to government's request, High Court Judge Robert Owen said on Wednesday.17:41 27.02.2013
London High Court freezes more assets of former BTA bank chairmanThe High Court of Justice in London has issued orders prohibiting further assets belonging to former board chairman of the Kazakhstan-based BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov from undergoing any transactions.15:02 26.02.2013
Bank of Moscow asks London court to reverse judgment on JFC CEO's bankruptcyThe Bank of Moscow has asked the High Court of Justice in London to reverse its ruling on the bankruptcy of Vladimir Kekhman, CEO of Russia's largest fruit importer, JFC Group.13:05 01.02.2013
Berezovsky and his ex-flame grapple over estate sale proceedsBoris Berezovsky, a storied tycoon who fled from Russia at the turn of the millennium after a rapid fall from grace, has found himself in the High Court of Justice once again, this time at the receiving end of a massive freeze order sought by long-time ex-girlfriend Yelena Gorbunova.14:36 24.01.2013
London court upheld sale of Tchigirinski villa to Sibir subsidiaryLondon's High Court of Justice Tuesday held in favor of former Russian State Customs Commission (SCC) chairman Anatoly Kruglov’s entities in a dispute over the proceeds of the sale of a lavish Cote d'Azure villa that formerly belonged to Russian oligarch Shalva Chigirinsky.12:58 05.12.2012
Founder of Russia's leading fruit importer went bankrupt in LondonThe UK High Court of Justice declared Vladimir Kekhman, founder and co-owner of JFC, Russia's leading fruit importer, bankrupt on October 5, 2012.12:35 15.11.2012
London’s High Court expands VTB bank injunction against debtorsRussian banking giant VTB was handed a mixed bag by London’s High Court of Justice Thursday in its claims for an expansion of the injunctive relief it was granted against defendants Pavel Skurikhin, Pikeville Investments LLP, and Perchwell Holdings LLP in August.11:16 09.11.2012
British court dismisses former BTA Bank head's appeal against arrestThe London Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling to keep former BTA Bank head Mukhtar Ablyazov under arrest and to place him in jail.In 2009, the bank filed the lawsuits against Ablyazov to return assets worth billions of dollars, which it believes were stolen by Ablyazov when he chaired the bank's board of directors.16:30 06.11.2012
Aeroflot considers appealing UK court’s decision backing BerezovskyThe Russian national carrier Aeroflot is considering appealing the London High Court’s decision not to enforce a Russian court’s judgment against self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his business partner Nikolai Glushkov.09:32 01.11.2012
UK court refuses to enforce Aeroflot fraud judgment against BerezovskyThe London High Court’s Chancery Division refused to enforce the judgments of two Russian courts against self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his business partner Nikolai Glushkov, finding that enforcement of the judgments would breach the principle of res judicata. In so holding, Mr. Justice Floyd granted the defendants’ claim for summary judgment.22:49 30.10.2012
TNK-BP loses injunction against exposure for "corrupt practices"London’s High Court of Justice overturned an injunction granted to TNK-BP in its unauthorized disclosure case against former senior executive Igor Lazurenko, who allegedly threatened to expose the former.22:58 16.10.2012
Berezovsky has settled all his UK court disputesSelf-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky has withdrawn his lawsuit against Metalloinvest co-owner Vasily Anisimov and has settled his dispute with the family of his late business partner Badri Patarkatsishvili.12:18 08.10.2012
Trial between oligarchs Cherney v. Deripaska ends suddenly without explanationThe owner of Russian aluminum giant RUSAL Oleg Deripaska confirmed Thursday that oligarch Mikhail Cherney's claim against him had been dropped.10:28 28.09.2012
Berezovsky won't appeal Abramovich verdictBoris Berezovsky will not appeal the UK court judgment favoring Roman Abramovich in Berezovsky's claim against him.10:45 25.09.2012