The Committee on Legal Policy backed a bill that raises judges’ pay and destroys the verification of their integrity
Today, the Committee on Legal Policy finally completed its preparations for the second reading of Bill No. 13165-2, which was supposed to improve the mechanism for verifying judges’ integrity declarations. In these declarations, judges confirm annually that they live within their official inco...
Vovk’s return is not going to happen? The Supreme Court has ruled in a similar case
The Supreme Court has upheld the High Council of Justice’s decision to dismiss judge Serhiy Burkhan. This case is directly linked to the case of former head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, Pavlo Vovk — in both instances, the grounds for the judges’ dismissal were material...
Judges with integrity reservations in line for lifetime payments, the High Council of Justice votes “yes”
Scandalous judge of the District Administrative Court of the city of Kyiv (DACK), Natalia Dobrivska, has become the next in line among the low-integrity judges to receive from the High Council of Justice a green light to lifetime payments of at least UAH 63,000 per month. The judge may also receive...
Honourable escape: how DACK judge Kuzmenko avoided assessment and secured lifetime payments
The High Council of Justice (HCJ) has retired judge Anna Kuzmenko of the dissolved District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK), who had been issuing rulings at the direction of the court’s former notorious head, Pavlo Vovk. Kuzmenko is 43 years old and will now receive a lifetime monthly allo...
The Kniaziev case: Supreme Court judges Hryhoriieva and Zheleznyi receive bail
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has imposed a preventive measure in the form of bail on Supreme Court judges Iryna Hryhoriieva and Ihor Zheleznyi. For Hryhoriieva — UAH 2.5 million, and for Zheleznyi — UAH 2 million. A number of procedural obligations have also been placed on them. Both ju...
Yermak failed to whitewash his reputation through the Bar association — NABU and SAPO arrived first
On May 11, 2026, former Head of the Presidential Office and lawyer Andriy Yermak received a notice of suspicion from NABU and SAPO for the legalisation of more than UAH 460 million allegedly laundered through corruption schemes involving Energoatom. Today, on May 14, at 9:00 a.m., the High Anti-Corr...