Morning of April 30, 2025 started quite routinely for the deputy head of the Committee for the Protection of Guarantees of Advocacy of the Bar Council of the Kyiv Region Andriy Domansky — with a search. But this time the situation turned out to be particularly symbolic: the search was not conducted at a colleague’s […]
Digest of legal positions prepared by the Higher School of Advocacy of the National Bar Association of Ukraine.
In the conditions of full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine, the human rights function of the legal profession has gained even greater importance. However, the professional activities of lawyers have become the subject of numerous challenges and violations that require not only prompt response but also a comprehensive review of the guarantees of legal practice. Since […]
In certain cases, the law imposes duties on law firms, bar associations, and lawyers to organize and conduct initial financial monitoring. Should the terms of conducting this monitoring be included in the legal assistance agreement?
About conflict management in legal practice, a lawyer, business mediator of the Industrial and Commercial Chamber of Munich and Upper Bavaria, managing partner of Law of Victory LLC, mediator of the Mediation Center of the Kyiv CCI, certified Soft Skills development trainer Marina Saienko shared during a professional development event for lawyers at the National […]
The National Association of Lawyers of Ukraine, in collaboration with leading research institutes of forensic expertise, organized a round table on expert support for legal practice. The event, held in a hybrid format on May 2, featured scientists, forensic experts, and practicing lawyers as speakers. Over eight thousand lawyers participated in the round table. A […]
Article 110 of the Criminal Executive Code guarantees confidentiality of meetings with a lawyer to the convicted person. One of the important elements is the ability to communicate with a lawyer in a room without solid dividing glass. In practice, this legal norm is systematically violated. The existing problem was investigated by the Ukrainian Bar […]
Regarding legal practice in credit disputes: action algorithms and tactical decisions were discussed by a lawyer, PhD in Law, Associate Professor of International and European Law Department at the Leonid Yuzkov KhUUP Andrii Ivanitskyi during a professional development event for lawyers held at the National Academy of Advocacy. The lecturer thoroughly analyzed the legal practice […]
In the ruling of the Supreme Court as part of the panel of judges of the Cassation Administrative Court dated April 25, 2025, in case No. 320/24040/24 (https://surl.li/jnsymq), it was noted that the appellate court erroneously failed to consider that the order to assign a lawyer was dated December 3, 2024, the day preceding the […]
Review prepared by the Higher School of Advocacy of the National Bar Association of Ukraine. Classification of information as restricted does not automatically justify refusal to provide information 📌Ruling of the Supreme Court in the composition of the panel of judges of the Cassation Administrative Court dated February 14, 2025, in case No. 420/20384/23 The […]
The number of criminal proceedings based on agreements, including guilty plea agreements, in Ukrainian courts has increased by a third over the past four years.
The defense industry is one of the most specific and complex areas where legal services require not only deep knowledge in civil, tax, antitrust law, and public procurement, but also an understanding of many technical and economic aspects. The peculiar nature of this industry is created by numerous subordinate legal acts, internal orders of the […]
An individual entrepreneur (IE) is obliged to respond to a lawyer’s request if the requested information pertains to their business activities and does not contain personal data or commercial secrets. This was emphasized by the Khmelnytskyi Court of Appeal while considering case No. 676/4602/24 and granting the lawyer’s appeal against the decision of the first-instance […]
The lawyer Taras Korshun appealed to the Bar Association of Kyiv Region. He reported that after an administrative protocol was drawn up by a representative of the BAROK on the head of the BTI, a response to the lawyer’s request was provided.
The Verkhovna Rada on May 14 adopted as a basis bill 13192 on improving the procedure for the distribution of court costs and court fees. The bill proposes amendments to the Code of Administrative Procedure, the Commercial and Civil Procedure Codes, as well as the Law ‘On Court Fees’. In particular, in the Civil Procedure […]
May 16, 2025 Within the framework of the qualification enhancement events by the Bar Council of Kyiv Region, a free online event (webinar) will be held on the topic ‘Judicial Practice in Disputes Regarding Conclusion, Amendment, and Termination of Agricultural Land Lease Agreements’. The speaker at the seminar will be Olena Mykhailivna BATYHINA – lawyer, […]
Supreme Court Judge in the Cassation Commercial Court Anatoliy Yemets participated in an event dedicated to the International Day of Intellectual Property Rights Protection (IP Day), bringing together judges, lawyers, scholars, attorneys, patent attorneys, and government representatives. During the event, issues related to the protection of intellectual property rights were discussed, including in times of […]
The National Bar Association of Ukraine is accepting applications for the second nationwide contest ‘In the Language of Prose,’ aimed at discovering creatively talented lawyers and promoting their artistic works. The contest is initiated by the NAU Committee on Humanities and Creative Initiatives in cooperation with the Center for Advocacy and Law Research of the […]
The review was prepared by the Higher School of Advocacy of the National Bar Association of Ukraine. Considering that a residential house is an object of joint ownership of a couple, the shares of the wife and husband in the property are equal, the first-instance court correctly concluded on the partial satisfaction of the claim […]
Although in Ukraine there is criminal liability for obstructing the legitimate activities of a defender and violating the legal guarantees of activity, lawyers often encounter various forms of pressure. One of the most common is public shaming. In social networks, information has been spreading more frequently in which representatives of certain public formations, law enforcement […]
