Court Of Appeal Victory Preserves Justice

Facts

Our client, Salim Shalabayev, was a witness in contempt proceedings against his brother-in-law, Mr Ablyazov. He was present to give evidence that he beneficially owned a property in North West London (the 'Property') and that it was not the property of Mr Ablyazov, who was the subject of large scale fraud proceedings. Teare J disbelieved Mr Shalabayev, finding him an unreliable witness and ruling that Mr Ablyazov was in contempt in respect of non-disclosure of his assets. The Judge established that, on the criminal standard, the Property belonged to Mr Ablyazov.

JSC BTA Bank then applied for a charging order over the Property. Mr Shalabayev tried to intervene, arguing the court had no jurisdiction to grant a charging order in the bank's favour over a property...