Russian oligarch’s ex-wife – who won Britain’s biggest divorce payout of 450million – is locked in a legal battle with her own lawyers for ‘failing to bag her his superyacht as well’ [Video]

When oligarch ex-wife Tatiana Soroka launched a case to sue her lawyers for allegedly failing to bag his super-yacht she hoped for up to £600million.

This was more than the £453million she received in what was Britain’s biggest divorce settlement – an award won by top solicitor Fiona Shackleton’s firm in 2016.

Ms Soroka, 51, claimed she was let down when the company, Payne Hicks Beach (PHB), allegedly missed chances to have her former husband Farkhad Akhmedov’s ten-deck floating palace Luna seized in Miami.

But in documents filed to the High Court in London, PHB says the Ms Soroka’s claim ‘must fail’, stating that her ‘entire claim is based on a false factual premise’.

Baroness Shackleton is nicknamed ‘Steel Magnolia’ for her ruthless pursuit of her clients’ interests.