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

Problems of providing legal aid in civil proceedings in Ukraine. Statistical data on the number of judges in Ukraine and on the number of civil cases considered by the courts in recent years. The need for full implementation of legal aid in civil cases.

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Department of Civil Procedure

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine, Kharkiv

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

Shpak Maksym Volodymyrovych,

PhD in Law, Assistant Professor

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.

Keywords: civil proceedings; legal aid; lawyer; judge; prosecutor; expert; civil proceedings.

Шпак М.В., кандидат юридичних наук, асистент кафедри цивільного процесу Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого

Окремі проблеми надання правової допомоги у судах України у цивільному процесі в сучасних умовах

Сьогодні залишається значною кількість нерозглянутих справ у порядку цивільного судочинства через нестачу суддівських кадрів в Україні. З огляду на недостатню кількість суддів в деяких судах України значно ускладнюється процес надання правової допомоги з боку різного кола суб'єктів через фактичну неможливість здійснення судочинства у конкретному суді. Непоодинокі випадки коли в судах узагалі немає суддів, які мали б повноваження на здійснення правосуддя.

У статті зроблена спроба вивчити стан справ щодо надання правової допомоги у порядку цивільного судочинства, враховуючи статистичні дані щодо кількості суддів в Україні та числа розглянутих цивільних справ судами протягом останніх років.

Надання правової допомоги у цивільному процесі багато в чому залежить не тільки від професійної майстерності представника, а й від юридичного середовища, де вона надається. Приміром, через брак суддів у певному суді адвокат не може надати інші види правової допомоги, крім складення та подання позовної заяви. Через це: 1) представники (в тому числі адвокати) не можуть надати правову допомогу у судовому процесі; 2) сторонам у такій справі доведеться чекати тривалий час, коли все ж таки буде призначений суддя.

Наголошено, що для повноцінної реалізації правової допомоги у цивільних справах в Україні важливо, щоб суб'єкти її надання постійно підвищували свою кваліфікацію, професійні навички та вміння.

Ключові слова: цивільний процес; правова допомога; адвокат; суддя; прокурор; експерт; цивільне судочинство.

Шпак М.В., кандидат юридических наук, ассистент кафедры гражданского процесса, Национальный юридический университет имени Ярослава Мудрого

Отдельные проблемы оказания правовой помощи в судах Украины в гражданском процессе в современных условиях

legal aid civil justice

Современная юридическая и судебная практика постоянно соприкасается с проблемами нехватки судейских кадров. Такая тенденция наблюдается из года в год.

Эта проблема тесно связана с тем, что из-за недостатка судей в некоторых судах Украины значительно усложняется процесс оказания помощи со стороны разного круга субъектов в связи с фактической невозможностью осуществления судопроизводства в конкретном суде.

Автор делает попытку исследовать состояние дел относительно предоставления правовой помощи в порядке гражданского судопроизводства, учитывая статистические данные по количеству судей в Украине и количества рассматриваемых гражданских дел судами в последние годы.

Предоставление правовой помощи в гражданском процессе во многом зависит не только от профессионального мастерства представителя. Это существенно зависит и от юридической среды, где она предоставляется. Это объясняется тем, например, что из-за отсутствия судей в определенном суде адвокат не может предоставить другие виды правовой помощи, кроме составления и подачи искового заявления. К примеру, ситуация в семейном деле, когда лица подали в суд иск о расторжении брака по месту жительства, но из-за отсутствия судей в суде дело не может быть рассмотрено. Поэтому: 1) представители (в том числе адвокаты) не могут оказать правовую помощь в судебном процессе; 2) сторонам в таком деле придется ждать немалое время, когда все же будет назначен судья на дело.

Для полноценной правовой помощи по гражданским делам в Украине важно, чтобы субъекты ее предоставления постоянно повышали свою квалификацию, профессиональные навыки и умения.

Ключевые слова: гражданский процесс; правовая помощь; адвокат; судья; прокурор; эксперт; гражданское судопроизводство.

Introduction

Formulation of the problem. 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.

The relevance of the study is explained by the really problematic particularities of the issue. Therefore, its study requires detailed attention.

Analysis of recent research and publications. The activity of judges and the functioning of courts in the context of the civil process of Ukraine have been the subject of scientific research of native scholars-proceduralists, among which it is necessary to highlight the thorough works of K. V. Gusarov [1; 2; 3]. This scholar paid a lot of attention to the study of judicial specialization, administration of justice and the exercise of powers by the courts.

The purpose of the article is to study the current problems of providing legal aid in civil proceedings, taking into account current statistics on the number of civil cases and the total number of judges in Ukraine.

Presenting of the main material

It should be noted that as of 01.01.2019, the actual number of judges in Ukraine was 5511 [4]. As of April 10, 2020, out of 7,295 positions, only 5,166 were filled, of which only 4,729 judges had the power to administer justice [5]. As of October 16, 2020, the number of judges was 5,363 out of the identified 7,295, of which 4,809 had the right to administer justice [6].

Taking into account the above statistical information on the number of judges in Ukraine in recent years, it is also necessary to pay attention to the statistics on the consideration of cases by courts in civil proceedings. It should be emphasized that according to the Analysis of situation of administration of justice in civil cases in 2018 in trial courts were considered more than 1.2 million claims, applications, complaints, petitions of court cases by civil litigation. At the end of this reporting period, 291.1 thousand cases and materials remained unresolved in civil proceedings. In the proceedings of the appellate courts during 2018 there were 108.7 thousand appeal complaints and materials, but the percentage of unresolved reached 31.1% [7, p. 3, 4, 7, 8]. Given the above-mentioned judicial statistics of consideration in 2018 by trial and appellate courts of cases in civil proceedings, it should be emphasized that in general such data indicate the necessity to increase the number of judges. As due to insufficient number of judges, almost every fourth case in the court of first instance in 2018 remained unresolved at the end of the year.

It is possible to assume that in a number of such cases there was the providing legal aid in the form of procedural representation. However, due to unresolved cases, we assume that the representatives could not to use all their professional knowledge, skills and abilities to provide legal aid. This is an important and fundamental point, because in every court case the destiny of people is decided - people who go to court to protect their rights. In this regard, in our opinion, there is a great need for a new professional selection of new judges for the relevant positions in the trial and appellate courts. And important and key in this matter should be not only the qualifications, but also a sufficient number of judges who will administer justice in civil cases.

According to the Analytical Review of the Status of Civil Proceedings in 2019, trial courts considered 1 million 249 thousand claims, applications, complaints, petitions of court cases in civil proceedings. The number of cases and materials considered in these courts in civil proceedings was 955.1 thousand. In the appellate courts during 2019 there were about 105 thousand appeal complaints and materials, only 84.4 thousand were considered [8, p. 3, 9, 10].

Taking into account the above statistics for 2019 on the consideration of cases by trial and appellate courts in civil proceedings, the following should be emphasized. As for the trial courts, the number of unresolved cases remained at the end of the reporting year, according to our estimations, almost similar to 2018. As for the appellate courts, the number of resolved appeal complaints and materials in 2019 increased comparing to 2018. However, even taking into account the positive trend of increasing the number of resolved cases in the appellate court, the question of the number of unresolved cases remains important. The reason of absence in this research the statistical information for 2020 on the status of trial and appellate courts of Ukraine in civil proceedings for the mentioned year, on the official website there are no relevant statistics data for the full 2020 at the time of writing this work.

Taking into account the above considerations and statistics on the number of judges in Ukraine, as well as the statistics of civil proceedings in courts of trial and appellate courts, it is believed that the 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.

The issue of providing legal aid in civil proceedings is closely related to the subjective composition of such legal relations. One of the types of legal aid in the civil process of Ukraine is a professional legal aid provided by lawyers. It should be noted that the process of obtaining the status of a lawyer in Ukraine involves a multi-stage procedure. In this regard, it is worth noting the interesting court practice for February 2021, which raised the issue of aspects of gaining the right to practice the advocacy law by current judges of Ukraine. This issue was covered in the Resolution of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of February 10, 2021.

It should be noted that paragraph 65 of this decision states that the training of current judge for six months under the guidance of a lawyer in order to obtain a lawyer's certificate goes beyond the permissible areas of relations between judges and lawyers [9].

Analyzing such provisions of the practice of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court in this order, it is necessary to specify the following value for civil proceedings.

* First, the current judge cannot be under two oaths (judicial and lawyer) at the same time.

* Second, the professions of lawyer and judge must be independent of each other.

In general, it should be noted that the question of the connection between judicial practice and the providing a legal aid in civil cases has always been of interest to procedural scholars. This is confirmed by many scientific works of native and foreign scientists.

A significant contribution to the study of civil proceedings was made by V. V. Komarov, who repeatedly presented his innovative and progressive ideas in the pages of legal literature [10]. The scientific research of this scientist is fundamental and is clearly important for studying of various problems of civil justice.

Conclusions

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.

Список літератури

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2. Гусаров К. В. Повноваження суду касаційної інстанції у цивільному судочинстві. Право і безпека. 2006. № 5. С. 54-63. иии http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/irbis_nbuv/cgiirbis_64.exe

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