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Trial of the system: will Pavlo Vovk return to the bench?
Trial of the system: will Pavlo Vovk return to the bench?

The decisive hearing of the Supreme Court on the reinstatement of Pavlo Vovk as a judge is approaching. The decision regarding the scandalous former head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK) was expected to be announced back in January, but was postponed until April 9. Vovk is challen...

DACK Supreme Court
Overdue reforms: what is happening with legal education on the path to the EU
Overdue reforms: what is happening with legal education on the path to the EU

The Parliament has missed the deadline for adopting a draft law that is part of the required reforms on Ukraine’s path to the European Union. This concerns legislative initiatives in the field of legal education that were supposed to enter into force by the end of the first quarter of 2026. The Go...

Legal Education
The High Council of Justice recognized the actions of bar self-governance bodies as interference in the activities of its member and as discrediting the Council’s decisions
The High Council of Justice recognized the actions of bar self-governance bodies as interference in the activities of its member and as discrediting the Council’s decisions

The High Council of Justice (HCJ) unanimously recognised that the actions of the Bar self-governance bodies in holding HCJ member Roman Maselko disciplinarily liable constituted interference in his activities. The HCJ once again emphasised that such actions discredit its work as an independent const...

HCJ The Bar
Lobbying, PR, and a Russian trail: how Bar self-governance is selling the old system
Lobbying, PR, and a Russian trail: how Bar self-governance is selling the old system

This article was originally published in Ukrainian in ZN.UA. Reform of the Bar has long been overdue, yet the system itself remains closed and oriented toward self-preservation. Today, when changes have become part of Ukraine’s European obligations, it is trying to hold on to its positions. The Uk...

The Bar
Yermak enters the game: how Izovitova manages to avoid reform of the Bar
Yermak enters the game: how Izovitova manages to avoid reform of the Bar

Andriy Yermak — former head of the Office of the President, and recently also the head of a committee within the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA). An article published by Ukrainska Pravda examines the crisis in Ukraine’s legal profession, the influence of figures linked to pro-Russian o...

The Bar
Oleksii Shevchuk seeks to become a judge of the International Criminal Court
Oleksii Shevchuk seeks to become a judge of the International Criminal Court

Despite scandals, disciplinary decisions, and a failed integrity assessment, Oleksii Shevchuk is seeking to become a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Moreover, he aims to become the first ICC judge in history from Ukraine. This is yet another attempt by Shevchuk to secure a high-leve...

The Bar
One year after Vovk’s dismissal: will the Supreme Court restore a symbol of corruption to the bench?
One year after Vovk’s dismissal: will the Supreme Court restore a symbol of corruption to the bench?

March 18 marked one year since the High Council of Justice (HCJ) dismissed Pavlo Vovk from his position as a judge. This decision became a landmark for the judicial system, as Vovk has long symbolised judicial corruption, political influence, and the use of courts for personal interests. How did Vov...

DACK Supreme Court
Draft Law No. 7033-д: risks to the court register remain
Draft Law No. 7033-д: risks to the court register remain

The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy will consider a new version of draft law No. 7033-д, which proposes amendments to certain laws of Ukraine on preventing the disclosure of specific information in the texts of court decisions. This draft law had already raised public concern in March 2023...

Zero accountability for false asset declarations: Olha Stupak returns to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Zero accountability for false asset declarations: Olha Stupak returns to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

Olha Stupak has once again joined the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court — a judge who passed the competition to this body despite false statements in her asset declarations. In 2017, Stupak was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. This appointment went ahead despite serious doubts about the...

Supreme Court
Tymoshenko’s complaint in the Supreme Court: evidence at risk
Tymoshenko’s complaint in the Supreme Court: evidence at risk

Supreme Court judge Iryna Hryhorieva, in whose possession NABU found $50,000 in marked banknotes, opened proceedings not foreseen by law following a complaint filed by Yuliia Tymoshenko. Hryhorieva, together with two other Supreme Court judges — Oleksandr Marchuk and Viacheslav Nastavnyi — consi...

Supreme Court
New composition of the Council of Judges: Monich is gone, but there are still no grounds for optimism
New composition of the Council of Judges: Monich is gone, but there are still no grounds for optimism

The Congress of Judges of Ukraine has elected new members of the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CJU) — a body tasked with safeguarding judicial independence, delegating integrity-compliant representatives to various selection commissions, and implementing decisions of the Congress of Judges. In pra...

Council of Judges
Pressure on a member of the High Council of Justice: the Maselko case as a diagnosis for the Bar
Pressure on a member of the High Council of Justice: the Maselko case as a diagnosis for the Bar

The Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Bar (QDCB) of Zakarpattia Region has held High Council of Justice (HCJ) member Roman Maselko disciplinarily liable for alleged violations of legal ethics. In practice, Maselko received a warning. However, the very existence of such a decision sign...

The Bar
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