Dispute Resolution
The Singapore Convention lets mediated settlements cross borders — but it will not help you against a Ukrainian counterparty, because Ukraine has not joined it. What actually makes a mediated…
8 July 2014 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
The 2014 law on restoring trust in the judiciary is still formally in force. Twelve years of reform later: what a foreign party should expect from a Ukrainian court —…
15 May 2014 Anna Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Since 2015 a judgment from one EU Member State travels to another without exequatur. Ukraine is outside that system: recognition here requires a court procedure and rests on a treaty…
19 March 2014 Kateryna Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
The respondent strips its assets while the tribunal hears the case, and the award has nothing behind it. Since 15 December 2017 Article 149(3) of Ukraine’s Civil Procedure Code allows…
2 November 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Since 1 August 2026 the 1980 Hague Convention on International Access to Justice has been in force for Ukraine — legal aid available in 28 contracting states. What national treatment…
1 November 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Documents are served, evidence taken and witnesses summoned under bilateral legal assistance treaties. Witness immunity runs 7 to 20 days depending on the treaty. Three gaps against the Hague Conventions…
1 November 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution