Tag: Ukrainian courts

Applicability of the Estoppel Principle by Ukrainian Courts

Applicability of the Estoppel Principle by Ukrainian Courts

In 2020 Ukrainian civil and commercial courts, especially the Supreme Court considerably increased invoking and applying the principle of estoppel to protect legitimate expectations and prevent procedural abuse. This is remarkable because Ukrainian law does not expressly regulate this principle. Estoppel is a legal concept that prevents someone from arguing something or asserting a right […]

Ukrainian Court Enforces Arbitral Awards Set Aside in the UK

Ukrainian Court Enforces Arbitral Awards Set Aside in the UK

On 3 August 2012 the Court of Appeal of the Odessa Region upheld its lower court’s ruling granting requests for the enforcement of twelve FOSFA arbitral awards in Ukraine. Six of these awards had previously been set aside in the UK.  The Ukrainian court did not give any effect to the respective English court judgments, stating that the […]