Billionaire Gets London Court to Toss Ex-Wife's Divorce Claim

From bnnbloomberg.ca

Russia’s richest man, Vladmir Potanin, won a London court ruling as part of a long-running legal battle with his former wife after a judge said the English courts shouldn’t be used for “divorce tourism.” The couple divorced in Russia in 2014 and Natalia Potanina had applied to the court for a further award, which would have far outstripped the largest payout in a U.K. divorce. But Judge Jonathan Cohen dismissed the attempt, saying there was no conspiracy among the Russian courts to deprive the wife of a fair payout. “If this claim is allowed to proceed then there is effectively no limit to divorce ... (full story)