Procedures
A 2017 procedural overhaul with a unified Supreme Court
The 2017 reform rewrote the civil, commercial and administrative procedure codes together and created a single Supreme Court with cassation chambers. Small claims follow a simplified written procedure and electronic filing runs through the judiciary's e-court system.
Key rules
- Small claims below a statutory threshold are decided in simplified written proceedings.
- The general limitation period is three years, extended by wartime suspension since 2022.
- Appeal lies within thirty days of the full reasoned judgment.
- Cassation to the Supreme Court is limited to defined grounds and filtered for admissibility.
Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine (2004)As rewritten in 2017.
- Law on the judiciary and the status of judges (2016)
- Law on enforcement proceedings (2016)Private enforcement officers.
In practice
Limitation periods have been suspended for the duration of martial law, so old claims that appear time-barred on their face may still be live; check the suspension dates before writing anything off.