Tory donor's spending exposed in bitter divorce settlement
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/11/tory-donors-spending-exposed-in-bitter-divorce-settlement
The extraordinary spending habits of a star
London hedge fund manager – worth £660m and a
big Tory party donor – have been exposed in a bitter divorce settlement.<
Christopher Rokos, 45, faced demands from his
ex-wife, Veronica Antonio, for annual allowances
including £5,000 for their seven-year-old son's
swimming lessons, £10,555 for wine to entertain
the parents of their child's friends and £6,000
for Uber cars to drive him to and from school.
The judgment noted that Rokos had been handing
over a 'grand total' of £267,000 a year,
including such sums such as £19,500 for [The
child's] birthday party, £8,500 for vet's bills
and £5,000 for 'clothing for [the child]'. The
two were nevertheless fighting in court because
she wanted £60,000 a year more than Rokos was willing to pay.
The judgment by Mr Justice Holman, released by
the family court on Friday, records his personal
distaste at having to deal with the dispute
between the couple involving a difference of £60,000 a year.
To most people, £60,000 is a great deal of
money, he said. I do comment that to these
parties, and to this father, £60,000 over a full
year is little more than small change in his pocket.
… I have to say that I do not find it very
ediffying that people in this financial bracket
should be taking up a day of court time over a
sum which to them, though not to others, is
objectively so small. However, agreement has not
been reached and I must rule. Both sides hired
experienced QCs to represent them in court.
Despite the sums involved, Holman also concluded
that while Rokos was 'rich' that 'this father is
not by modern standards in the realms of the super-rich'.
Rokos has donated more than £1.8m in cash to the
Conservatives since 2010, according to the
Electoral Commission. He studied at Eton and
Oxford before starting out as a trader at
Goldman Sachs and went on to book profits of
more than $4bn (£2.8bn) over a decade at Brevan
Howard Asset Management as a specialist trader in interest rates swaps.
Rokos's wealth has smoothed his way to dinners
with ministers, including the prime minister and
George Osborne. During the case, it was revealed
that he owns homes in Cannes, Marrakesh, Miami and New York as well as London.
The judge explained: 'It turns out that the
£35,000 is not referable solely to the
transportation of the child but is, the cost of
provision of one of the cars and drivers
employed by the father, but not used exclusively
for the transportation of the child.'
Commenting on Antonio's demands, Holman said: "One knows perfectly
well … that these sorrts of documents can be
highly creative and involve dialogue, usually,
between the litigant and his or her lawyers as
to what would be an appropriate figure to
insert." He continued: "Separately, there is an
item of £5,000 for 'Swimming lessons (cash)".
This seems an excessive amount for a
seven-year-old boy who can already, as I was
told, swim. It seems to pertain partly to paying
for some swimming instructor to attend some
private swimming pool that the mother chooses to use.
The judge also highlighted that considerable
sums were being claimed by Antonio for wine: "In
her statement, she showed that she was allowing
an average of £50 per bottle for the wine. It
seems to me that in the context of a claim under
Schedule 1 to the Children Act, which must be
for the maintenance of the child, I should not
allow as high a figure as £10,500 per annum for
wine, although I still allow a significant figure for wine."
He added: "There are four items under the
headings, Amazon (clothes and toys for [the
child]) and General Retail and Clothing [for the
child] and Toys for [the child] which between
them total about £20,000. That seems to me to be
a great deal of money for clothes and toys for
the seven-year-old son even of a multimillionaire….
The court was told tthat Antonio does not own
more than one home and accordingly, has to pay for hotels.
Concluding, Holman ordered Rokos to make
maintenance payments to the mother for all her
other expenditure of £8,000 a month.
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