US EditionRussian billionaire Abramovich says Jersey investigation is baseless and unlawful
The judge's decision ends a privacy order, exposing details of a two-year legal dispute amid claims of conspiracy and data deletion by Jersey authorities.
- On Sunday, Abramovich's spokesperson said the criminal investigation opened in 2022 was baseless and unlawful, noting he was allowed earlier this year to introduce `claims of conspiracy` against the Government of Jersey with no charges in 3.5 years.
- In April 2022, the Royal Court of Jersey imposed a formal freezing order on $7 billion amid scrutiny of trusts linked to Roman Abramovich, whose March 2022 Chelsea Football Club disqualification preceded a November 2022 criminal case.
- In his judgement last week, advocate David Michael Cadin, master of the Royal Court, ordered the government of Jersey to pay Abramovich's costs, describing its behaviour as `extreme` and revealing Jersey government data was wrongly deleted.
- Police apologised for an illegal search and the released messages could embarrass Jersey ministers and reveal meetings with UK ministers and Foreign Office civil servants.
- He is understood to be planning a challenge in the European Court of Human Rights, with Abramovich, who also holds Israeli citizenship, claiming Jersey's 2016 courting was unlawful.
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The Independent (US)Battle between Abramovich and Jersey revealed as gagging order lifted
Exclusive: A court in Jersey has lifted the privacy order on a series of legal actions brought by the former Chelsea owner after a criminal case was opened against him by the island’s authorities
Russian billionaire Abramovich says Jersey investigation is baseless and unlawful
In April 2022, the Royal Court of Jersey imposed a freezing order on $7 billion worth of assets in trusts which Jersey said were linked to Abramovich and the attorney general of Jersey said the billionaire was a suspect in a criminal investigation.
Roman Abramovich makes claim of ‘conspiracy’ against Jersey government
Move threatens to throw open parts of secretive legal battle on Channel island about ex-Chelsea owner’s wealth The former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is making a claim of “conspiracy” against the government of Jersey after the crown dependency launched a criminal investigation into allegations…
Former Chelsea Owner Abramovich Says $7bn Probe Baseless, Unlawful
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has described a criminal investigation by Jersey authorities launched in 2022 as “baseless and unlawful,” his spokesperson said on Sunday. The statement came in response to a formal freezing order imposed by the Royal Court of Jersey in April 2022 on $7bn in assets held in trusts, which Jersey authorities claimed were linked to Abramovich. At the time, the Attorney General of Jersey identified Abramovich as a…
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