Bank St Petersburg PJSC and Another v Arkhangelsky and Another, Oslo Marine Group Ports LLC (Additional Party/Appellant)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division) [2020] EWCA Civ 408, Before Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, Lord Justice Patten and Lord Justice Males, 2-5, 18 March 2020

Banking and finance - Conspiracy to defraud - Standard of proof - Illegality - Bribery - Civil procedure - Appeals - Inferences from primary findings of fact - Judgments - Delay.

In response to a claim by Bank St Petersburg PJSC ("the Bank") under personal guarantees and a loan, Dr Arkhangelsky, together with his wife and their company, ("the appellants") counterclaimed against the Bank and its chairman, the second claimant, Mr Savelyev, ("the respondents") for damages in respect of an alleged conspiracy unlawfully to seize assets in Russia contrary to article 1064 of the Russian Civil Code ("article 1064").