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Addleshaws client Ablyazov debarred from defending $6bn claim

It is hard to have much sympathy for Ablyazov. It would take quite some contempt for the English judiciary to send a man down for two years. The court clearly did not believe that this was inadvertant non disclosure. "It is difficult to imagine a party to commercial litigation who has acted with more cynicism, opportunism and deviousness towards court orders than Mr Ablyazov.” His preference to hide his whereabouts, presumably outside the jurisdiction, looks very prudent in the circumstances.

6-Nov-2012

3:19 pm