Procedures
Separate economic courts, with e-filing and a 2017 administrative court tier
Civil claims follow the Civil Procedure Code, commercial disputes go to economic courts under the Economic Procedure Code, and administrative courts created in 2017 hear claims against the state.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Three parallel hierarchies — civil, economic and administrative — each with appeal and cassation to the Supreme Court.
- Deadline — Appeal within one month of the reasoned judgment
- Deadline — Three-year general limitation period
Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan2018
- Economic Procedure Code2018
- Administrative Procedure Code2018
- Law on International Commercial Arbitration2021
In practice
The 2017-2018 restructuring created dedicated administrative courts so that citizens could challenge state decisions in a forum designed for it, and reunified the Supreme Court and Supreme Economic Court at the apex. Filing the wrong hierarchy remains the commonest procedural error. E-filing through the e-sud portal is well established. The 2021 arbitration statute follows the UNCITRAL Model Law, Uzbekistan is a New York Convention party, and the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre was created to handle cross-border cases.