Procedures
Three instances, plus an English-language AIFC court running its own rules
The Civil Procedure Code provides first instance, appeal and cassation. In parallel, the AIFC Court applies its own common-law procedural rules in English with no jury and no appeal into the national system.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — National courts for ordinary disputes; the AIFC Court for AIFC-related matters or where parties opt in by agreement.
- Deadline — Appeal within one month of the reasoned judgment
- Deadline — General limitation period of three years under the Civil Code
Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan2015
- AIFC Court Regulations and Rules
- Law on Arbitration2016
In practice
National procedure is written and judge-led, with e-filing through the Sudebny Kabinet portal now standard and video hearings common. The AIFC Court, seated in Astana, applies English-style case management and its judgments are directly enforceable by Kazakh bailiffs, which gives commercial parties a genuinely different option within the same country. The 2016 Arbitration Law follows the Model Law and Kazakhstan is a New York Convention party, with the International Arbitration Centre operating alongside the AIFC Court.