Despite war, sanctions, Russians in London Commercial Courts reach new record -report

FILE PHOTO: General view of Rolls Building, England and Wales Business and Property Courts division at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A record number of Russians have appeared in London's Commercial Courts over the last year, despite the war in Ukraine and global sanctions, while the number of Ukrainian litigants sunk to zero, a new report showed on Thursday.

The number of Russian litigants in Commercial Court judgments jumped by 41% to 58 in the year to March 2023, second only to 441 British litigants, the annual Commercial Courts Report by consultancy Portland Communications showed.