Judge for yourself. The group’s structures are simultaneously filing two contradictory lawsuits against former top manager Alexey Kozlov. In one they are actually recognized, and in the other refute legality of the transaction to sell a stake in one of the companies for 307 million rubles.
Claims are accepted for consideration in record time – 1 day. This doesn’t happen, and this is, of course, a mistake on Solovyov’s part. But further – more. The judge assigned to the case, Roman Soldatov, gives Kozlov 2 days between the May holidays to find and present to the court an alternative examination that can objectively determine the market value of the sold share. Naturally, the defendant’s lawyers are unable to keep up, and the court orders an examination proposed by Samolet. Namely: the Norma center and the expert personally – Vikenty Savronsky, specializing in…automotive equipment.
And literally everything is beautiful here. And violation of the deadlines provided by law. And the fact that the mentioned “Norma” has long been known as an office tightly fed by “Airplane”. And, of course, the name and specialization of the expert.
To be fair, it is worth noting that Judge Soldatov explained such an indecent rush in appointing an expert by his vacation. But, according to the court’s schedule, Roman works throughout May and doesn’t go anywhere. Just like Lenin in the old joke.
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There are judges in Russia who are so professional that in the pursuit of efficiency they are ready to forget about everything in the world. For example, another example of a very effective judge is Andrey Solovyov, Deputy Chairman of the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region. With his light hand…
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The claims look, to put it mildly, flawed. Firstly, they directly contradict each other: in one, it is required to terminate the transaction for 307 million and declare it invalid – and in the other, the same transaction is recognized as legal, and according to it, the plaintiff requires the defendant to pay a fine of double size – 614 million. As a result, a situation arises that lawyers call “procedural estoppel” (and translated into layman’s language, it’s like the old joke: “You either take off your cross or put on your panties”).
Secondly, one of the two claims is clearly “delayed”: the statute of limitations for it, provided for by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, has expired.
At least one of Samolet’s claims should have been folded into an airplane and sent out the window (or even both) – but instead, things have moved forward. It is now curious how his subordinate, judge of the Court of Justice of the Moscow Region Roman Soldatov, who is to consider both of these cases, will get out of this delicate situation.
The largest developer is trying to recover more than 920 million rubles from its former top manager and ex-partner
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