Criminal defence
Defence from the moment of detention: investigative actions, preventive measures, trial, appeal, the Supreme Court.
Criminal
Law firm · Poltava · since 2019
PARTNERS
Defence in criminal proceedings, road accident cases and disputes with recruitment centres; family and inheritance matters. Representation of judges before the High Council of Justice. Poltava and all of Ukraine.
Areas
What we do
Eight practice areas, from the first investigative action to the Supreme Court.
Representing judges before the High Council of Justice
Disciplinary proceedings against judges, suspension and dismissal, consent to detention, appeals against HCJ decisions.
HCJ
Applications to the European Court of Human Rights
Preparing an application once domestic remedies are exhausted, communication with the Government, reopening of the case.
ECtHR
Road traffic accidents
Cases under Article 286 of the Criminal Code, vehicle examination, civil claims, insurance payouts.
Traffic
Mobilisation and TCC disputes
Challenging medical commission decisions, search files, AWOL proceedings, administrative charges.
TCC
Family and inheritance disputes
Divorce, division of property, child maintenance, a child's place of residence, inheritance.
Family
Civil and commercial cases
Contract disputes, debt recovery, real estate, consumer protection.
Civil
Disputes with state authorities
Challenging decisions and actions of public authorities, lawyer's requests, access to information.
Public
Sequence
How a case moves
From the first investigative action to Strasbourg — one team, one engagement.
Approach
Why people come to us
Around the clock
We come out at any hour
Detentions rarely happen during office hours. The duty lawyer attends investigative actions at night, at weekends and on public holidays.
Full cycle
The case to the end
We run proceedings from the pre-trial investigation through the first-instance court and appeal to the Supreme Court — without passing the file to anyone else.
Publicity
Defence in the media too
When a case draws attention, silence does harm. We work with national media where that serves the client's interests.
Quoted by
In the media
Comment on cases that travelled beyond Poltava.
UkrinformTSNUkrainska PravdaSuspilnehromadskeYle
The best known is the case of a Finnish volunteer charged over a fatal road accident near Poltava: the proceedings were covered by Ukrainian and Finnish media alike. A separate strand is the representation of judges before the High Council of Justice, where the Council itself publishes the case materials.
Guides
What to do if
Short instructions for moments when there is no time left to read.
Inheritance
Inheritance during the war: deadlines
The six months still run under martial law. How to restore a missed deadline, and the estates of those killed or missing.
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Traffic
Road accident with an injured person: when it turns criminal
What the driver faces under Article 286 CC, how the case unfolds and whether you can settle with the victim.
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Detention
A family member detained: what to do
Where the person is, when to engage a lawyer, and which documents to gather for court.
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Legal aid
A free lawyer: who is entitled
Who is entitled to free legal aid in Ukraine, and how to get it.
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Criminal defence
A plea agreement: when it pays off
What an agreement with the prosecutor gives you, what you give up, and how to agree on a fine instead of imprisonment.
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Military service
The motivation contract: where the traps are
A calculator for term, deferral and pay — and the documents without which nothing can be proven a year from now.
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Criminal defence
Is your phone tapped? Covert surveillance in plain words
Who authorises tapping and for how long, why an iPhone does not save you, and how the defence takes such evidence apart.
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Military registration
"Oberih": removed from the register, now wanted
How removal differs from deregistration, and how to restore your status through the recruitment centre or the court.
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Criminal procedure
Preventive measures: custody, bail or house arrest
What the court decides in the first 72 hours, and what the family should gather before the hearing.
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Detention
Detention and the first questioning
When the 72 hours start running, and why silence is not a sign of guilt.
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Search
A search of your home
What to check in the ruling, and when they must let your lawyer in.
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Traffic
What to do after a road accident
The first eight steps required by law, and when a joint statement is enough.
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TCC
Stopped by a TCC notification team
Why a summons must come before any demand, and when to call a lawyer.
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Questioning
Summoned as a witness
Where the line between witness and suspect runs, and what you may keep silent about.
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Payments to families
UAH 15 million for a fallen serviceman
What the 15 million is paid for, what is paid six times less, and how long the money takes.
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Military service
Absence without leave
Why returning to service does not close the criminal case, and how to return after 20 September.
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Military service
Challenging a medical board
Why a court will not change your fitness category, and where the case is really decided.
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Family law
Divorce at a distance
When one spouse is abroad: registry office or court, how not to travel, and why a foreign judgment does not work on its own.
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Veterans
Grants for veterans
Why the pause between application rounds is when intermediaries take up to 95% of the grant.
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Section
All guides
Step by step: detention, search, road accidents, recruitment centres, questioning. Read them in advance.
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A first conversation to work out where you stand and what to do in the coming days. Call us.