A marriage to a citizen of another state is dissolved in Ukraine under the same rules as any other: through the civil registry office if there are no shared children under 18…
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Gambling has been legal in Ukraine since 13 August 2020 under Law No. 768-IX. Since 2 June 2025 the market has been regulated by the state agency PlayCity, which replaced the wound-up…
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Наиболее обсуждаемым вопросом стало то, что Закон №2617-VIII предусматривает, в частности, отнесение действий по управлению транспортными средствами в состоянии алкогольного, наркотического или иного опьянения к уголовной юрисдикции. Ранее такие действия подпадали под…
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There is no separate “credit holidays” law in Ukraine. In its place three different mechanisms operate: the quarantine rule of Law No. 533-IX for arrears between 1 March and 30 April 2020,…
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Detention without an investigating judge’s order cannot exceed 72 hours from the moment of actual detention. Within that period the notice of suspicion must be served within 24 hours, and the detainee…
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There are two ways to remove someone from the register of residence. If they agree — by application to the registration authority or an administrative services centre, with an administrative fee of…
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Estoppel is the prohibition of contradictory conduct: a party whose own actions created a reasonable expectation in another cannot later deny what it confirmed itself. In Ukraine the principle is derived from…
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