Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2015 #151In the early 1990s, Mr Pugachev founded the JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank (the bank) in Russia. It became one of Russia’s largest privately owned commercial banking groups. On 4 October 2010, the Russian Central Bank revoked its banking licence and appointed a ‘temporary administration’ and on 30 November 2010 it was declared insolvent by the Russian court and placed into temporary administration. The state corporation ‘Deposit Insurance Agency’ (the DIA) was appointed as liquidator. Mr Pugachev left Russia for London in 2011. The Russian liquidation of the bank was recognised by...
Michael Morton reviews recent arguments on security for costs ‘A successful application for security can kill off a claim as the claimant struggles to put together the funds to meet the security requirements together with the funds needed for their own costs.’Even with a strong body of rules, regulations, guidance and case law, judicial decisions …
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