On March 28, 2024, the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes of Ukraine and other legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the improvement of types of criminal punishments" (hereinafter referred to as the Law) will enter into force. Read More »Probation supervision for criminal offenses: what is provided by the new Law?
Dmitry Nikiforov The media often report on millions of bail for people who have committed corruption offenses. How are such amounts determined? What specifically takes into account… Read More »How do courts determine the amount of bail in corruption crimes?
Dmytro Nikiforov Alla Melnichenko The Reconciliation Agreement is a useful tool that saves all participants time and nerves. Courts can usually take years, but the deal… Read More »Reconciliation agreement. How it works in practice.
In 2019, the following controlling bodies visited the business: State Ecological Inspectorate (State Ecoinspection); State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection (State Food and Consumer Service); Read More »Criminal case as a result of inspection of the enterprise: case law
Lawyers rarely apply to the courts for traffic information from mobile operators. However, in criminal proceedings such information may become key,… Read More »Use of information of mobile operators in criminal proceedings
Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code have allowed the defense to challenge the notice of suspicion. Elimination of suspicion has a number of advantages. However, it is impossible to predict what position the court will take. Read More »Appeal against a notice of suspicion: first case law
Imagine a situation: you are protecting a client who has the status of a suspect. During the pre-trial investigation as part of the provision of legal assistance to the client, you sent several legal inquiries to… Read More »How to properly open evidence to the prosecution?
The procedure for disclosing materials to the other party is regulated by Article 290 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) of Ukraine. According to the content of parts 1-5 of this article, it is the prosecutor or investigator on behalf of… Read More »Material dependence
Today, the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund is liquidating 90 banks. Part of the former management of these banks got to a new rating - wanted for misappropriation of property in… Read More »If the court blocked the accounts
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a law that provides for mandatory audio and video recording of the search. Now entrepreneurs will have less problems with the theft of money, smartphones, credit cards under… Read More »Deputies passed a law that protects entrepreneurs from pressure from security forces
