Mr Mostyn said these extraordinary expenses in the London family court over their dispute over children and money were difficult to accept, even among the wealthy. In the last 18 months, Alla Rakshina and Lazaros Xanthopoulos, both 40, have already raised ,4 5.4m in legal fees. “Huge amounts of future costs in the pipeline” The judge said: “I have struggled to find the language that accurately describes the excessive legal conduct of the parties in the case before me since it started on September 21, 2020. “In the next 18 months the parties were charged with expenses of the extraordinary amount of £ 5,401,503. “But this is not the end of the story. There are huge amounts of future costs in the pipeline.” He added: “We are considering the total cost of the difference between these parts to be somewhere between 7.2 and 8 million pounds.” He said the “only word” he could think of was “revealing”. The judge suggested that Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab should consider whether measures could be taken to “limit the scale and proportion of costs” in such cases. He said: “In my opinion, the Lord Chancellor should consider whether legislative measures could be introduced to limit the scale and percentage of costs in these cases. “Steps must be taken.” Image: The judge said that Dominic Raab should reduce the cost of such lawsuits Ms. Rakshina held a senior position at Maria-Ra, a grocery retailer in Russia. The couple got married in Moscow in 2006 and divorced in 2020. Mr. Xanthopoulos is fighting for payment from his ex-wife after the collapse of their marriage. He claimed to be the “husband of the house” and told the judge that Ms Rakshina had been ranked as the 75th richest woman in Russia.
