Richard Desmond’s legal battle against Gambling Commission opened at High Court. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Richard Desmond has shifted his residency to the United Arab Emirates as his courtroom battle with the Gambling Commission gets underway, City AM can reveal.

The media billionaire posted the update late on Wednesday via a Companies House filing for Northern & Shell, a firm he owns which is involved in the legal dispute alongside The New Lottery Company, which he also controls.

The move adds Desmond to a growing list of high-flying execs who have switched their residency away from the UK to lower-tax jurisdictions following the abolition of the so-called non-dom regime.

It comes just a week after Revolut’s billionaire co-founder, Nik Storonsky, made the same move.

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