JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) |
| Judge | Mr. Justice Teare,MR. JUSTICE TEARE |
| Judgment Date | 16 February 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm) |
| Docket Number | Case No: 2009 FOLIO 1099 |
| Date | 16 February 2012 |
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52 cases
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Public Joint Stock Company and Another v Sergey Maksimov & others
...The proper approach to such evidence was summarized by Teare J in the context of a contempt application in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm) as follows: "8. It is notable that the Bank's case against Mr. Ablyazov, on the first two allegations of contempt, depends upon inference......
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Derek Moss v Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames
...in order to prove contempt. The law in this respect is summarised in a passage in the judgment of Teare J in JSC BTA Bank v. Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm). Circumstantial evidence can be relied on to establish guilt. It is however important to examine the evidence with care to see whether......
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Super Max Offshore Holdings v Rakesh Malhotra
...the Defendant is entitled to the benefit of the doubt (see Daltel v Makki [2005] EWHC 749 (Ch) at [30] and JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm) at [8–9]). However, the Claimants are entitled to rely on the absence of explanation by the Defendant when explanation is required (and e......
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Ocado Group Plc v Raymond McKeeve
...is inconsistent with a finding of contempt, then the claimants must fail: Daltel, as approved by Teare J in JSC BTA Bank v. Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm) at [8]. iii) If and insofar as an applicant's case depends on the Judge drawing an inference as to a Defendant's dishonest state of min......
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Defrauded In The UK: Is Your Best Option Civil Or Criminal
...or commercial matters and 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to compel evidence in the U.S. in aid of a non-U.S. proceeding. JSC BTA Bank v Ablyavoz [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm). Mr Ablyazov has now fled the [1979] 1 WLR 898; see also Mote v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 1324. Family doc......
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No Disclosure, No Liberty!
...look at two recent cases where the English Court's remit stretched far and wide. The headline case of JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 237 Comm concerned allegations of fraud by Mr Ablyazov, the chairman of JSC BTA Bank in Kazakhstan. It was suspected that Mr Ablyazov stole bank ......
