Boris Johnson has vowed to level the playing field on which oligarchs stifle those who scrutinise them. How can he do it?
Many of the top firms combine legal work with public relations and even private investigations. Tom Burgis of the Financial Timeshow one of his sources was sent a letter by the reputation lawyers Quinn Emanuel, describing in detail a secret meeting with Burgis in an underground car park. “What is the purpose of that, if not intimidation?” Burgis asked.
: “If it’s true, it engages your right to privacy, so we could try to stop it on that basis. If it’s false, then we’re in defamation territory. So, which route do you think we should be going down?” Threats of total financial ruin are common. Representing a head of state accused of sexual assault, one firm warned the Guardian that if it published its article, its “client is prepared to sue for more than $100m”. No such lawsuit followed publication.
Earlier this month a judge threw out most of a legal complaint from a Swedish businessman, resident in Monaco, suing Swedish journalists, who were writing for a Swedish publication, in Swedish, about a company he was planning to float in Norway – butfor damages he claims to have suffered in England and Wales as a result of the articles.
A partner at the firm representing Feyziyev said the OCCRP did not formally challenge the claim on the basis of jurisdiction, and that Feyziyev had invested “significant sums” in the UK. “The litigation was pursued professionally, fairly and at reasonable and proportionate cost in the context of our adversarial system,” the partner said.Against the backdrop of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, there is now a sudden and unexpected opportunity for reform – which is backed from the top.
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