Certain aspects of giving legal aid  in the courts of Ukraine in civil process  in modern conditions Cover Image

Окремі проблеми надання правової допомоги у судах України у цивільному процесі в сучасних умовах
Certain aspects of giving legal aid in the courts of Ukraine in civil process in modern conditions

Author(s): Maksym Shpak
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого
Keywords: civil proceedings; legal aid; lawyer; judge; prosecutor; expert; civil proceedings;

Summary/Abstract: Modern legal and judicial practice is constantly faced with problems of shortage of judges and as a result there is a big amount of unresolved cases in civil proceedings. This trend is observed from year to year. This problem is closely related to the fact that due to the insufficient number of judges in some courts of Ukraine, the process of providing legal aid by different groups of subjects is significantly complicated due to the actual impossibility of implementing proceedings in a particular court. Moreover, in Ukraine there are cases when there are no judges in the courts who have the power to administer justice. In this regard, in this research, the author is trying to examine the situation of legal aid cases in civil proceedings, taking into account statistics on the number of judges in Ukraine and the number of civil cases considered by courts in recent years.It is seemed that providing a legal aid in civil proceedings depends not only on the professional skills of the representative. It depends on the legal environment where it is provided. This is due to the fact that, for example, due to the absence of judges in a particular court, a lawyer cannot provide other types of legal aid, except drawing up and filing a statement of claim. For example, this may be the case in a family case where persons have filed a lawsuit for divorce at the place of residence, but due to the absence of judges in court, the case cannot be considered. Because of this: 1) representatives (including lawyers) cannot provide the legal aid in the court proceedings; 2) the parties in such case will have to wait a long time, when a judge will be appointed to the case.In recent years, legal aid in the civil process of Ukraine has become increasingly in demand. For the full implementation of legal aid in civil cases in Ukraine, it is necessary that persons who provide it, constantly further training, improve professional skills and abilities

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 153
  • Page Range: 49-55
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Ukrainian