Legal opinions and expert witness reports on Ukrainian law: opinions for foreign courts and arbitral tribunals, expert evidence on the content and application of Ukrainian law, and enforceability analyses. In this section, the lawyers of JVS Law examine what foreign forums require from an opinion on foreign law — CPR Part 35 in London, Rule 44.1 in US practice, the IBA Rules in arbitration — how it is submitted, and the typical reasons an opinion loses weight. The guides also cover the Ukrainian side of the same discipline: serving proceedings on a Ukrainian defendant, taking evidence in Ukraine for a foreign court, exclusive jurisdiction, and the opinions a closing team needs from a Ukrainian law firm. Written by the partners who sign them — Doctors of Laws, with expert appointments before the PCA (The Hague) and the High Court (London).
Legal Opinions
Ten categories of case belong to the Ukrainian courts alone, whatever the contract says. A judgment given abroad on any of them will not be enforced here — and nothing…
Legal Opinions
Ukraine excluded pre-trial discovery entirely and does not permit commissioners. What remains is a Letter of Request to the Ministry of Justice — and two provisions almost nobody invokes.
Legal Opinions
Ukraine objected to all three alternatives in Article 10 of the Hague Service Convention. Courier, post and private agents are not service — only the Central Authority route is, and…
Legal Opinions
In February 2019 the Permanent Court of Arbitration published its Partial Award in PrivatBank v. Russia — an arbitration where the respondent never appeared and the tribunal tested the Ukrainian…
Legal Opinions
Finding a Ukrainian law expert is easy; finding the right one is not. Where Ukrainian qualifications, Article 551, martial-law case law and Cape Town practice surprise international tribunals — and…
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