The Supreme Court has prepared a draft law providing for new procedures for review of trial court decisions in courts of general jurisdiction, similar to those used in the arbitrazh (commercial) courts. The proposed new procedures include review of the evidence presented in the lower court and allow for new evidence that the appellant did not have access to in the lower court. Retired Constitutional Court judge Tamara Morshchakova called the new procedures an overdue improvement to current cassation procedures, a formality typically lasting 20 minutes with predictable results.
www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/2009/11/30/220109
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Just to make things clear, the appellate procedure exists for many years but in limited way. Today only judgments/sentences of justices of the peace can be appealed to the courts of general jurisdiction.
ReplyDeleteNatalia Sidorova