FIRST DAY PROGRAM

08 November 2018 (Thursday)

Radisson Blu Hotel Kyiv (22 Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv)

15:30-16:20

Registration of Participants. Welcoming coffee

16:20-16:25

Conference opening. Welcoming remarks

Andriy Stelmaschuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

16:25-17:50

Session 1.

Panel discussion

ECHR decisions. Practical Defence Instruments

Moderator:

Volodymyr Vashchenko, Partner at VB PARTNERS

16:25-16:45

Andriy Mamalyga, Representative of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights on Partnership with Civil Society Institutions Failure to comply with ECHR judgments in criminal proceedings: reasons and ways to resolve them.

Failure to comply with ECHR judgments in criminal proceedings: reasons and ways to resolve them.

16:45-17:05

Olena Lyoshenko, ECHR lawyer, Manager at Advocates Bureau Lyoshenko & Partners

Application of Article 5 of the Convention and ECHR judgments in national criminal proceedings

17:05-17:25

Nazar Kulchytsky, Founder, Chair of Nazar Kulchytsky & Partners

Recognition of a contract invalid, as a method of bringing to criminal liability of a legal entity

17:25-17:40

Blitz-commentary from a judge

Arkadiy Buschenko, Judge of the Cassation Criminal Court in the Supreme Court

17:40-17:50

Q&A Session

17:50-18:00

Closing remarks

SECOND DAY PROGRAM

09 November 2018 (Friday)

Radisson Blu Hotel Kyiv (22 Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv)

08:30-09:00

Registration of Participants. Welcoming coffee

09:00-09:15

Conference opening. Welcoming remarks

Andriy Stelmaschuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Stanislav Kravchenko, Head of Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court

09:15-10:30

  Session 1. 

Criminal Justice Reform

Moderator:

Serhiy Grebenyuk, Partner at Asters

09:15-09:35

Key results of the Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court since the launch of the new Supreme Court

Speaker:

Stanislav Kravchenko, Head of Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court  

09:35-09:55

Case Story: acquitting sentences in Ukraine

Speaker:

Nadiia Stefaniv, Judge of Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court

09:55-10:10

Legal positions of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

in criminal proceedings

Oleksandra Yanovska, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

10:10-10:45

HARD TALK

Professional Rights of Lawyers. Private prosecution

Participants:

Denys Bugay, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association (2013-2017), Partner at VB PARTNERS

Vitaliy Serdyuk, Senior Partner, Head of Criminal Law Department at AVER LEX

Oleksandr Nechytailo, expert at LNM

Topics for discussion:

Professional rights and guarantees. Present condition and future prospects of the New Law on the Bar and Practice of Law

Methods of pressure on the defence in resonant cases and ways of counteraction

Criminal proceedings in the form of a private prosecution

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:30

Session 2. 

New Types of Crimes

Moderator:

Olha Prosyanyuk, Managing Partner at AVER LEX

11:15-11:35

Abuse of qualification. What shall a lawyer do?

Yevhen Grushovets, Partnerat Ario Law Firm

11:35-11:55

Digital evidence

Maksym Litvinov, Head of the Situational Centre for Cybersecurity of the Security Service of Ukraine

11:55-12:15

Bribery of an official of a legal entity of private law (Article 368-3 of the Criminal Code) - where lies the boundary between a crime and evasion from the fulfilment of obligations

Tetyana Lysovets, Senior Partner at Sokolovsky & Partners

12:15-12:30

Q&A Session

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:15

Master class

Master class on psychological rehabilitation of a lawyer and professional burnout

Trainer:

Anna Metelska, organizational coach-consultant, founder of the "Step-by-Step" coaching studio

14:15-15:15

Session 3.

New Procedural Opportunities

Moderator: 

Volodymyr Rudnychenko, Counsel at Criminal Law Practice, Integrites

14:15-14:45

The use of precautionary measures: the view of the investigating judge

Oksana Birsa, Investigating Judge, Deputy Head of Dnipro district Court of Kyiv

Oleg Ignatyuk, Deputy Chair of Kyiv Regional Court of Appeal

14:45-15:05

Terms of work of investigating judges: expectations of the parties

Larysa Tsokol, investigator judge of Pechersk District Court of Kyiv

15:05-15:20

Examination of documents expiry date (date of signature and sealing)

Oleksandr Krut, director of the Center for Forensic Expertise "Alternative"

15:20-15:35

Collection of digital evidence and computer-technical expertise

Serhiy Prokopenko,director of Cyberlab's Laboratory of Computer Forensics

15:35-15:45

Q&A Session

15:45-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-17:50

 Session 4.

Practical nuances of recent trends in the criminal process

Moderator: 

Svitlana Kryukova, journalist, first deputy editor-in-chief of Internet portal STRANA.ua

16:20-16:40

Special pre-trial investigation: practical nuances

Yevheniy Solodko, Managing Partner  at Solodko & Partners

16:40-17:00

Incorrect declaration. Illegal enrichment

Regina Guseinova, Lawyer

17:00-17:20

Security of law firms and practice of law (information security, global trends, compliance issues)

Serhiy Smirnov, Partner at Sayenko Kharenko

17:20-17:40

Peculiarities of work of a lawyer connected with state secret

Ihor Chudovsky, Managing Partner at Chudovskiy & Partners

17:40-17:50

Q&A Session

17:50-18:00

Closing remarks

18:00-20:00

Evening reception