Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a major violation of public international law. It has also created geopolitical and economic shock waves whose consequences will be felt in areas of international legal practice ranging from human rights to global investment, trade, and commercial disputes.
Legal practitioners internationally and in the region share a vital interest in understanding the…
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MoD), the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), and the International Bar Association (IBA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Kyiv.
The purpose of the Memorandum is “to consolidate the parties’ efforts…
The Ukrainian Bar Association has been helping Ukrainians to overcome the consequences of the war since the full-scale invasion of Russia. Jointly with the Charity Fund “Kind Hearts for Ukraine”, the UBA initiated a charity project to help lawyers and their…
On January 30, 2023, two Ukrainian lawyers, Ilya Kostin and Roman Tytykalo, filed a complaint with the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Kyiv City Bar Association (which was later forwarded to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Kyiv Regional Bar Association) regarding the deprivation of Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk of the right to practice law.
Since the…
The International Bar Association (IBA), in a statement regarding the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, reiterated its condemnation of the Russian aggression and looked at what the future holds for holding to account the aggressor and others who…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) — the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales has given the Ukrainian advocates an agreed exemption from passing the second part of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). Earlier, the Ukrainian Bar Association…
The Ukrainian Bar Association brings to your attention a selection of materials from the International Bar Association (IBA): reviews, reports, and researches in various areas of law, interviews from the margins of the IBA Annual Conference 2022, a survey on principal developments in the legal profession and much more.
A survey
The IBA’s Future of Legal Services Commission is…
The Ukrainian Bar Association has been helping Ukrainians to overcome the consequences of the war since the very first days of the full-scale invasion of Russia. Apart from providing specialized assistance, such as through the free Hotline for War Victims, the UBA is also…
Photo above — by Vladyslav Rashkovan
On 31 January 2023, a panel discussion entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine: Investments and the Rule of Law” was held at the German Embassy in Washington DC. The event was organized by the Ukrainian and German Embassies, with the…
Yevhenii Promskyi, a member of the Council of the UBA’s Committee on Sport Law, an assistant attorney at ARES Law Firm, has predicted the consequences of the adoption of Law No. 2563-IX, which fundamentally changes the approach to the realization of sports broadcast rights in Ukraine.
News about amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Physical Culture and Sports” regarding the…