A UK appeals court has rejected an application from Vitaly Orlov, owner of Russian cod supplier Norebo, for permission to appeal a judgment allowing a lawsuit by his business partner to proceed in London, as decided earlier in March.

The company's Russian co-owners Orlov and Alexander Tugushev have been engulfed in a bitter lawsuit since 2018 over a stake in the fishing firm, which made Orlov a billionaire. Tugushev sued Orlov in London for a third of the company.

As mentioned in the original judgement, Orlov has spent over £4 million ($4.8