Law of Ukraine “On the Bar and the Practice of Law”: A Systematic Analysis by Article of Selected Legal Positions of the Supreme Court / Scientific editors: I. V. Glovuk, M. I. Pashkovsky, D. V. Ponomarenko, Y. V. Zhovtan. – Odesa: Phoenix, 2020. – 424 pp.

The “Barristers” Law Firm offers the legal community an innovative scientific and practical resource: the case law of the Supreme Court (which includes the case law of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Court of Cassation, the Civil Court of Cassation, the Cassation Commercial Court, and the Cassation Criminal Court), systematized according to the articles of the Law of Ukraine “On the Bar and the Practice of Law.” For virtually every article of the Law, legal positions on the relevant issue—as set forth in the rulings of the Supreme Court for each jurisdiction—are presented in both subject-matter (by jurisdiction) and chronological order. Each legal position is accompanied by a QR code that allows you to instantly access the full text of the relevant court decision. The Supreme Court’s case law is current as of July 1, 2020.

The “Barristers” Law Firm was established on December 15, 2017, and its primary practice areas are criminal law and criminal procedure. “Barristers” provides defense and representation not only in Ukraine but also before the European Court of Human Rights and the courts of certain foreign countries.

“Barristers” Law Firm has received a number of accolades, including: being named “Discovery of the Year” among the best law firms in the field of criminal law (2018); it was included in the “Top 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2018” as well as the “Top 10 Leading Criminal Law Firms of Ukraine 2018”; it was named “Discovery of the Year” in the Star Lawyers law firm ranking by LIGA:ZAKON (2019); “Brand of the Year 2019” in the “Breakthrough of the Year” category; “Legal Award of the Year 2019” in the “Law Firm – Breakthrough of the Year in Criminal Practice” category; “Top 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2019”; winner of the LegalAwards 2020 in the “Law Firm of the Year in Business Defense” category.

The partners and attorneys at Barristers LLP have been recognized on multiple occasions in the “Lawyer of the Year” competition.

The partners and attorneys at Barristers Law Firm have authored a number of academic and practical publications. In 2019, Barristers LLP published the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine with article-by-article commentary in the form of excerpts from rulings and decisions of the Supreme Court (the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Cassation) and the Supreme Court of Ukraine as of February 1, 2019.

          Academic editors:

Denis Vasylovych Ponomarenko – attorney, partner at Barristers Law Firm, member of the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers’ Professional Rights and the Implementation of Guarantees for Legal Practice of the Odesa Regional Bar Association; member of the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers’ Rights and Guarantees of Legal Practice of the National Bar Association of Ukraine; Chairman of the Odesa Branch of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization “Association of Lawyers of Ukraine.” In 2019, he was recognized as a leader in the practice of criminal law and procedure by Yuridicheskaya Gazeta in its “100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine” ranking.

Yuriy Valeriyovych Zhovtan – attorney, partner at Barristers Law Firm, member of the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers’ Rights and Guarantees of Legal Practice of the National Bar Association of Ukraine.

Mykola Ivanovych Pashkovskyi – attorney, scientific advisor at Barristers Law Firm, Candidate of Legal Sciences, associate professor, and member of the Committee on Legal Education of the National Bar Association of Ukraine.

Iryna Vasylivna Hlovyuk – attorney, research advisor at Barristers Law Firm, Doctor of Law, professor, member of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Supreme Court, member of the committees on the protection of attorneys’ rights and guarantees of legal practice, on criminal law and procedure, and on legal education of the National Bar Association of Ukraine, as well as a member of the Committee on Constitutional Justice and Human Rights of the Odesa Regional Bar Council.