THE LAW ON THE ELECTRONIC COURT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE MAY 26, 2021

On May 26, 2021, the Law of Ukraine No. 1416-IX dated April 27, 2021 “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts to Ensure Phase-by-Phase Introduction of the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System” (UJITS) entered into force.

The Law provides for the gradual introduction of the functioning of the UJITS in connection with the decision to postpone the start of operation of the entire UJITS system.

The Law defines for the implementation of relevant initiatives that:

• separate subsystems (modules) of the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunications System begin to function in 30 days from the date of publication by the High Council of Justice in the newspaper “Voice of Ukraine” and on the web portal of the judicial power of Ukraine of the announcement on the creation and maintenance of the corresponding subsystem (module) of the UJITS. The High Council of Justice publishes announcements in the newspaper “Voice of Ukraine” and on the web portal of the judicial power of Ukraine about the beginning of the functioning of the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunications System, consisting of all subsystems (modules) necessary for its full functioning;
• Regulations on the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunications System and/or regulations defining the functioning of its individual subsystems (modules) are developed by the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine and approved by the High Council of Justice after consultation with the Council of Judges of Ukraine.
• Procedural documents in electronic form must be submitted by the participants of the case to the court using a single Judicial Information and Telecommunications System according to the procedure defined by the Regulations on the UJITS and/or the provisions defining the procedure for the functioning of its individual subsystems (modules). If documents are submitted to the court in electronic form, the participant in the case must provide proof of sending copies of the documents submitted to the court by letter with an inventory of the attachment to other participants in the case.

The court, during the judicial consideration of the case, carries out the complete recording of the court session with the help of sound recording equipment according to the procedure provided for in the Regulations on UJITS and/or regulations defining the functioning of its individual subsystems (modules). At the request of any of the participants in the case or at the initiative of the court, the full recording of the court session is carried out using video recording technical means (if there is a technical possibility in the court and if there are no objections from any of the participants in the trial).

During the implementation of a full recording of the court session by technical means, as well as holding the court session in videoconference mode, the minutes of the court session are created by the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunications System according to the procedure defined by the Regulations on the UJITS and/or provisions defining the procedure for the functioning of its individual subsystems (modules).

The minutes of the court session are sealed with the electronic signature of the secretary of the court session and attached to the case.

All court decisions are presented in writing in the paper and electronic forms.

Court decisions in electronic form are set out using the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunications System, published according to the procedure defined by the Regulations on the UJITS and/or regulations defining the functioning of its individual subsystems (modules), and signed with the electronic signature of the judge (in case of collegial consideration – with the electronic signatures of all judges who are members of the panel).