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Criminal liability for the malicious failure to fulfill the duties of caring for a child or a person for whom guardianship or guardianship has been established occurs in the event of an intentional act both in the form of action and in the form of inactio

Liability under Art. 166 of the Criminal Code is imposed for malicious non-fulfilment by parents, guardians or custodians of the duties established by law to care for a child or a person for whom guardianship or guardianship has been established,

The KAS of the Supreme Court established a special work schedule for the period of the elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine in electoral district No. 206, as well as local elections

From January 26, 2022, the Cassation Administrative Court, part of the Supreme Court, established a special working regime for judges and employees of the secretariat of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Supreme Court.

Obstruction of the execution of a court decision: the CCS of the Supreme Court explained the details

Obstructing the execution of a court decision is an active action that significantly complicates or makes impossible the execution of a court decision, carried out with the aim of preventing the execution of a court decision.

If the prosecutor applied to the investigating judge of the appeals court outside the territorial jurisdiction of the pre-trial investigation body with a request to conduct the NSRD, and the judge granted such permission, then all the evidence obtained as

The territorial service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, based on the order of its creation and the focus of its activities, does not belong to a law enforcement agency.

Reducing costs for the payment of legal assistance of a lawyer: the practice of the Supreme Court

The burden of proving the disproportionality of costs rests with the party that makes a request for a reduction of costs for the payment of legal assistance of a lawyer, which are subject to distribution between the parties.

Recovery of retroactive damages from an employee for wrongful dismissal: jurisdictional issues

The appellate court came to an unfounded conclusion to close the proceedings in the case, because the subject composition, the subject of the dispute, the method chosen by the prosecutor to protect the violated rights and the nature of the disput

Delivery of a copy of a court decision by e-mail to the personal e-mail address of a participant in the legal process does not constitute delivery of such a decision

The appellate court came to an unfounded conclusion that the delivery of a court decision by e-mail to the personal e-mail address of an interested person is the delivery of such a decision.

Criteria and assessment of the seriousness of the reasons for missing the deadline for applying to the court in connection with a change in judicial practice: resolution of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine

The court pointed out an important aspect.

On January 31 and February 1, 2022, regular meetings of the VKDKA will be held

Regular meetings of the Higher Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Bar will be held on January 31 and February 1, 2022.

Appointment of arbitrator. How to choose and what ethical rules and other factors should be taken into account

During the training event for lawyers at the Higher School of Advocacy on the topic "Appointment of an arbitrator: how to choose and what ethical rules and other factors should be taken into account?", Khrypkova Krystyna, lawyer

The VP of the Supreme Court spoke about the submission of an application for review of the decision in absentia

If a party to the case filed an application for review of a decision in absentia without complying with the specified requirements, i.e. improperly, the provisions of Article 185 of the Civil Code of Ukraine shall apply to this application.

Representatives of the bar in the VRP resigned due to disagreement with unconstitutional status restrictions

Oleksiy Malovatskyi, the Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian People's Party of Ukraine, and Pavlo Grechkivskyi, a member of the Supreme Council of Justice, resigned from January 26, 2022.

Linguistically incorrect wording of the claims cannot be an obstacle to the protection of the violated right of the person who appealed to the court

Incorrect, from the point of view of linguistics, the wording of the claims of the claim cannot be an obstacle to the protection of the violated right of the person who appealed to the court, since an excessively formalized approach to the litera

The decision rejecting the application for review of the court decision based on newly discovered circumstances does not prevent further proceedings

The appellate court is deprived of the procedural possibility to cancel the decision, which does not prevent further proceedings in the case and to refer the case to the court of first instance for further consideration. In each case, the appella

Algorithm of the defender’s actions during the detention of a person, formation of attorney’s requests

The Supreme Court explained in which case the testimony of a witness is inadmissible evidence

It became clear in which case the court cannot refer to the testimony of a witness when passing a court decision.

The court decision on refusal to demand evidence is not subject to appeal separately from the court decision

Participants in the case, persons who did not take part in the case, if the court decided the issue of their rights, freedoms, interests and (or) duties, have the right to appeal in the appeal procedure the decisions of the court of first instanc

Enrollment of counterclaims is possible at any stage of the process, in particular at the stage of execution of the court decision

Claims that can be set off must be opposite (the creditor of one obligation is the debtor of another, and the debtor of the first obligation is the creditor of the second); homogeneous (claims for the transfer of the same things can be counted

Jurisdictional question regarding the appeal of decisions, actions or inaction of an official of the internal combustion engine department: VP VS

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court expressed its opinion on the jurisdiction of cases based on a complaint against the decision of the head of the department of the state executive service.

Some requirements for the improvement of the qualifications of lawyers are appealed to the OASK

The district administrative court of the city of Kyiv filed a lawsuit against the National Association of Lawyers of Ukraine represented by the Bar Council of Ukraine.