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...fellow citizens than a life of commuting, sleeping and buying," lamented André Lardeux, one of many senators from the ruling Union for a Popular Majority party who defied President Nicolas Sarkozy by voting against his pet law to liberalize Sunday commerce. (See pictures of President Sarkozy in London...
...that Courtroom 76 is shabby doesn't begin to convey its dilapidation: the walls are a mess of peeling paint, and a cascade of empty boxes partly blocks the entrance to this attic annex of London's Royal Courts of Justice. It's a far cry from the limestone and sandblasted glass interiors of the city's designer shops that are such a magnet to Russia's superrich. Yet here and in a neighboring courtroom, four prominent Russian oligarchs have been indulging in what may turn out to be the most expensive shopping spree of their lives. Never mind haute...
...unfolding in Courtroom 76, which pit exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky against his erstwhile protégé Roman Abramovich, began, appropriately enough, in a designer shop. In October 2007, Berezovsky spotted Abramovich browsing in the Hermes boutique in Sloane Street, close to Abramovich's home and the top London football club, Chelsea, he owns. Berezovsky seized the opportunity, serving a writ on Abramovich that he had carried around with him for six months in the hopes of just such an encounter. (See pictures of Euro 2008 soccer...
...Malek's point. Deripaska has a house in London, but Cherney is a resident in Israel, and the companies and events at issue are located in Russia, barring a disputed meeting in London at which an agreement may or may not have been reached. But the original decision to allow the case to proceed in Britain was made on the basis that Cherney's life and freedom could be at risk in Russia and he might not get a fair trial there. The ruling, effectively implying that the Russian court system could not be trusted, has done little to help...
...recession hits Russia's wealthy, the shiny boutiques along Sloane Street may be a little quieter. But the bonanza at London's courts and law firms looks set to continue...