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High Court: Sanctioned Russians “probably owned” litigation funder
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There is “reasonable cause to suspect” that the funder of the claimant in a $1.3bn action was controlled by sanctioned Russians, the High Court has ruled. Mrs Justice Cockerill said the sale of A1 LLC for a mere £714 as its founders were sanctioned was of particular concern.