An inviolable oligarch

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has successfully fended off a claim by a Russian oil company for over 2.5 million pounds. A British court has decided that as Abramovich is not officially a resident of the UK, a Russian court must decide over the case. Le Monde criticises the judgement: "The English judges with their wigs have a sixth sense: that of nonsense. ... Certainly this seems to hold true of Mr Justice Christopher Clarke, who found that Russian oligarchs located in London in fact live in Moscow. ... According to the judgement ..., despite his capital interests in the UK, Roman Abramovich resides in Russia. ... English law is 'created by judges'. Every court sees itself as duty bound to follow cases of precedent."

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