Legal principles of refusal of an appeal in civil proceedings of Ukraine
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https://doi.org/10.35774/app2025.04.072Keywords:
appeal, legal regulation, procedural legislation, appeal proceedings, refusal, revocation, settlement agreementAbstract
This scientific article is devoted to the peculiarities of such procedural action as withdrawal of an appeal in civil proceedings in Ukraine. The works of scholars who studied the general principles of appeal proceedings in civil proceedings and the procedural order of withdrawal of an appeal are analysed. Civil procedural legislation and the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Ukraine on the problems of appeal proceedings have been studied.
It is concluded that the withdrawal of an appeal is a subjective procedural right of the appellant, which can be exercised in the event of the opening of appeal proceedings and leads to corresponding legal consequences. It is indicated that the legal consequences of withdrawal of an appeal may consist in the closure of the appeal proceedings, the entry into force of the decision of the court of first instance, the impossibility of re-appealing this court decision and joining the appeal. The differences between withdrawal of an appeal and conclusion of a settlement agreement or withdrawal of an appeal are explained.
The following stages of consideration of a motion to withdraw an appeal have been defined: preparation and submission of a motion to withdraw an appeal, consideration of the motion during the court hearing, establishment of grounds for closing the appeal proceedings or circumstances that prevent such a decision from being made, announcement of the decision to close the appeal proceedings or to refuse such a decision, cassation appeal against the decision to close the appeal proceedings.
Proposals have been made to amend the civil procedural legislation of Ukraine. The expediency of establishing the court's obligation to explain to the party that has filed a motion to withdraw an appeal the procedural consequences of such a decision has been substantiated. It has been proposed to regulate in detail the possibility of partial withdrawal of the claims expressed in the appeal.
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