List of checking questions

1. The meaning of the term «International civil procedure»

2. The scope of Law of International Civil Procedure and the main trends of its development

3. Overview of the institutes that form modern Law of International Civil Procedure

4. International organizations that work for the unification of rules in the field of civil procedure

5. The aims and results of harmonization of civil procedure in the European Union

6. Characteristic of the existing European legislation in the field of civil procedure

7. System of the principles of International Civil Procedure

8. The meaning of the principle lex fori

9. The principle of mutuality (reciprocity)

10. Historical background of the Project « Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, adopted by International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and American Law Institute (ALI)»

11. The structure of Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, adopted by International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and American Law Institute (ALI)

12. The principle of procedural equality of the parties

13. Principles that regulate jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign court’s judgments

14. Description of the Hague Convention on civil procedure of 1954

15. Description of the Hague Convention on international access of justice of 1980. International agreements on legal aid

16. Overview of the Council Directive 2002/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid for such disputes.

17. Law determining civil procedural capacity of foreign persons

18. Documents that confirm legal status of foreign person (legal personality of the legal entity) and its investigation by the court

19. Recognition of documents issued by the foreign state’s authorities

20. Language of the proceeding with participation of foreigners

21. Requirements for translation of documents and testimonies

22. Appointment of expert. Expert evidence

23. Amicus Curiae submission

24. Conventions concerning judicial immunity

25. Characteristic of the current international treaties on jurisdiction in which Ukraine is a party

26. Characteristic of the Brussels I Regulation

27. Characteristic of the Brussels II Regulation

28. Rules of special jurisdiction involving matters relating to contract

29. Rules of special jurisdiction involving maintenance claims

30. Rules of special jurisdiction involving matters relating to tort

31. Rules of special jurisdiction involving disputes arising out of operations of a branch, agency or other establishment

32. Rules of special jurisdiction in matters relating to employment contracts

33. The rules of Lis pendens in international agreements and in the national legislation of Ukraine, its application in practice

34. Application of these rules of the rule of forum non conveniens and the rule of forum shopping

35. The analysis of Art. 77 of the Law of Ukraine on Private International Law

36. The analysis of Art. 22 of the Brussels I Regulation

37. Comparative analysis of the types of Jurisdiction Agreements: Arbitration Agreement, Negotiation or Mediation, Choice of Court Agreement

38. Validity, separability and formality requirements of the choice of court agreements

39. Rules regarding choice of forum agreements, set out in Art. 23 of the Brussels I Regulation

40. Characteristic of the Hague Convention on choice of court agreements of 2005

41. The rules of the Hague Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters of 1965

42. The rules and practice of the Regulation No 1348/2000 on the Service in the Member States of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Service Regulation)

43. The rules and practice of the CIS Convention on legal aid and legal relationships in civil, family and criminal matters of 1993

44. Characteristic of the means of service abroad of judicial documents in civil or commercial matter

45. Disclosure of the evidence. Exchange of evidence. Deposition and testimony by Affidavit

46. Regulation No 1206/2001 on Cooperation between the Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters (Evidence Regulation)

47. Taking of evidence according to the Hague Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil and commercial matters of 1970

48. Enforcement of judgments in CIS and on the basis of bilateral agreements of Ukraine

49. Enforcement of judgments on the basis of Hague Conventions

50. Enforcement of judgments in EU

51. Certification as a European Enforcement Order (EEO) for uncontested claims

52. Issue of the EEO, its rectification or withdrawal, enforcement procedure