New procedural codes discussed in Kyiv
On June 19, the EU Project “Pravo-Justice” together with the Ukrainian Bar Association discussed the the peculiarities of the implementation of the civil and economic procedural legislation novelties. This is the second event in the framework of the planned cycle of discussions. The first event took place on June 11 in Lviv. The next one will be held on July 27 in Odessa.
Enough time has passed since the entry into force of the new procedural law and the launch of the Supreme Court, so it is possible to identify certain critical points that require changes or improvements. Therefore, the EU Project “Pravo-Justice” together with the Ukrainian Bar Association continues a discussion among legal proffessionals on the effectiveness of new procedural mechanisms and ways to improve them.
“Such events aim at helping both the new Supreme Court and the legislator to improve regulation. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to collect information on whether the courts have understood the key messages and the new procedural principles, which were laid down in the codes, whether practicing lawyers would be able to apply it, and whether these amendments achieve their goals”, said Team Leader of the EU Project “Pravo-Justice” Dovydas Vitkauskas.
He also added that all these processes are monitored, and the monitoring results are planned to be systematized alongside the conduct of a survey among various legal practitioners. The results will be sent to the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice etc., so that the problems identified could be resolved by legislation development.
In addition, Jean Lagadec, lawyer and lecturer at the University of Paris, also spoke about international experience in regulating civil and economic processes. In this regard, Dovydas Vitkauskas commented that, given the appeals and cassation filters existing in European jurisdictions, it is considered appropriate to restrict in a certain way the absolute right to appeal and cassation in order to reduce the number of cases and, as a consequence, reduce judicial workload.