Assets frozen amid claims man was impeding mother’s divorce pay
Judge freezes £94m assets belonging to a divorcee’s SON after she claimed he was ‘central’ in helping his billionaire father put the £450m settlement she’s owed out of her reach after their divorce
- Tatiana Akhmedova awarded a 41.5% share of Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1b fortune
- Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said that Ms Akhmedova should get £453 million
- But judges have heard she has so far only received about £5 million
By Joe Middleton For Mailonline
Published: 15:36 EDT, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 16:10 EDT, 23 July 2020
A judge has made an order freezing £94million of a divorcee’s son after she claims he helped her Russian former-husband put the £450million settlement she is owed out of reach.
Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded a 41.5% share of businessman Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1 billion-plus fortune by a British judge in late 2016.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, who analysed the case at a trial in the Family Division of the High Court in London, said Ms Akhmedova should get £453 million.
But judges have heard she has so far received about £5 million and that Mr Akhmedov has not ‘voluntarily’ paid a penny.
Tatiana Akhmedova arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London (in a previous hearing). She was awarded a 41.5% share of businessman Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1 billion-plus fortune by a British judge in late 2016.
Judges have heard she has so far received about £5 million and that Mr Akhmedov (pictured) has not ‘voluntarily’ paid a penny.
Ms Akhmedova says he has tried to put assets, including a £346 million yacht, the MV Luna, and a modern art collection, beyond her reach.
She has also taken legal action against their son, Temur, and says he has played a ‘central role’ in putting assets beyond her reach.
A judge overseeing the latest stage of the litigation has now made an order freezing Temur’s assets to the value of 120 million United States dollars.
Mr Justice Gwynneth Knowles, who analysed a virtual hearing in the Family Division of the High Court on Thursday, made the order after Ms Akhmedova raised concern about Temur’s assets being dissipated.
Ms Akhmedova says he has tried to put assets, including a £346 million yacht, the MV Luna, (pictured) and a modern art collection, beyond her reach.
Temur, a trader who lives in London and is in his 20s, disputes allegations made against him
She is due to oversee a further hearing in the near future and lawyers said Temur aimed to vary the terms of the order.
Mr Akhmedov has said that because he and his ex-wife are not British, and were not married in Britain, a British judge should not have made decisions.
Temur, a trader who lives in London and is in his 20s, disputes allegations made against him.
He says his father said money would be available to invest on the financial market.
