The E-court is a part of the UJITS system that enables users, in accordance with the legislation and technical capabilities of the subsystem, to create and send electronic procedural and other documents to the court and other institutions in the justice system, as well as to receive information on the status and results of their consideration.
In 2017, Ukraine was one of the first countries in Europe to introduce remote access to open court proceedings via the Internet using video conferencing technologies – “E-courts”. These courts apply the current procedural law in civil cases, allowing people to appeal decisions of local administrative bodies (district state administrations).
On May 26, 2021, the law on the implementation of the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System came into force.
The Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System (UJITS) is an organizational and technical system that, following the introduction of new procedural codes in 2017, ensures the functioning of electronic justice in Ukraine. The purpose of the UJITS implementation is to increase the efficiency of the judiciary through the use of modern technologies and simplify the procedure of communication between litigants and judicial authorities.
One part of the UJITS is the Electronic Court subsystem, which is available to citizens today and allows them to electronically create and send documents to the court and receive information on the status of their consideration.
What are QES and EDS?
An electronic signature, also known as a QES or EDS, is a component of an electronic document that the signer adds to or logically links to other electronic data. This ensures the integrity of the document and the identification of the author using cryptographic methods, making it impossible to forge. An electronic signature has the same legal status as a handwritten signature or seal, and without it, an electronic document is not considered created. The use of an electronic signature ensures the legal significance of an electronic document and allows you to confirm the authorship of the document, which in turn ensures the recognition of the document in the legal field.
How to use the E-court
Creating your personal account in the system will take a few minutes, and to become a user of the subsystem, you need to have an electronic digital signature and go through several stages of registration.
- Visit the website: court.gov.ua
- Register an official email address.
- Registration and further authentication of users is carried out using the user’s electronic digital signature.
The State Judicial Administration emphasizes that the functionality of the E-Court subsystem includes the ability to automatically notify users of receipt of procedural documents, changes in the status of court proceedings and other documents in the case by sending a notification to the specified email address.
After registering in the Legal Entity’s e-Cabinet, the My Cases section will be automatically updated with all the materials of court cases in which the legal entity is a party.
Is it possible to provide a power of attorney for a particular case or proceeding?
If you have an electronic key, you can submit a power of attorney through the Electronic Court system. To do this, go to the My Cases section, check the box next to the case/proceedings for which you want to issue a power of attorney and click the Manage Powers of Attorney button. Then, specify the representative’s RNOKPP (the representative must be registered in the Electronic Court system), select access rights (View, Edit, Submit) and click the “Submit” button.
International practice
In some countries, E-courts are already a full-fledged alternative to traditional court proceedings, while in other countries this system is still being developed and gradually introduced into court practice. For example, the European Union has a justice portal that contains information on E-court systems in all EU member states. Many of these countries have a full-fledged e-court system that allows for various procedures to be conducted electronically, including filing lawsuits, registering cases, communicating with parties, and delivering documents.
In the United States, the E-court system is gradually being implemented in various states, and the Federal Court has its own E-court system that allows the parties to a case to carry out various procedures electronically.
Singapore has a full-fledged E-court system that allows for various procedures to be carried out electronically, including filing claims, registering cases, communicating with parties, and delivering documents.
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