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A High Court judge ordered a Russian billionaire to pay his estranged wife £453m in what is believed to be the biggest settlement made by a UK court. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said the housewife had contributed an equal share to the marriage and awarded her 41.5% of the £1bn marital pot. He also ruled that the parties cannot be identified.
A High Court judge ordered a Russian billionaire to pay his estranged wife £453m in what is believed to be the biggest settlement made by a UK court. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said the housewife had contributed an equal share to the marriage and awarded her 41.5% of the £1bn marital pot. He also ruled that the parties cannot be identified.
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