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LORD JUSTICE PATTEN LORD JUSTICE FLOYD and LADY JUSTICE KING ____________________
Lewis Marks QC and Catherine Cowton (instructed by Stewarts Law LLP) for the Appellant Richard Todd QC and Nicholas Yates (instructed by Vardags) for the Respondent Hearing dates: 14, 15 June 2017 ____________________
i) That the wife was at all times represented by both English and Russian lawyers.
ii) That following the Russian judge having questioned whether tax liabilities had been evaded through the various movements of funds which had funded the parties' lifestyle, the wife had threatened the husband that she would give evidence against him if they did not reach agreement.
iii) At the time the order was made, the wife was aware of the annuity provision in the BMT Trust and knew that her entitlement to the annuity would be preserved under the terms of the Russian agreement. The wife knew that the husband would be getting further "family money" in due course and that at that time the BMT Trust held assets worth some $40m.
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