Dispute Resolution
The Hague Choice of Court Convention 2005 has bound Ukraine since 1 August 2023. What it covers, why it only works with an exclusive choice of court agreement, the exhaustive…
31 October 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
How to serve documents on a defendant abroad so the court accepts it, and how to take evidence in another state. The Hague Conventions of 1954, 1965, 1970 and 1980,…
22 October 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Which state’s courts may hear a dispute with a Ukrainian counterparty? Often the answer sits in a bilateral treaty on legal assistance. Four kinds of jurisdiction, lis alibi pendens with…
19 October 2013 Gennadii Tsirat Dispute Resolution
Aviation & Asset Finance
The General Risks Convention 2009 is still not in force: 12 parties against the 35 required, and Ukraine has neither signed nor ratified. What the Convention does — sole operator…
19 October 2013 Anna Tsirat Aviation & Asset Finance
Aviation & Asset Finance
When the parties to an aircraft sale, lease or mortgage agreement choose no governing law, the court has to find it — across the Ukrainian Private International Law Act, Rome…
19 October 2013 Anna Tsirat Aviation & Asset Finance