We are talking about a building in the Dnieper.
According to Privatbank, in this difficult period, Ukrainian courts should become a model of justice and the rule of law, but this is not about them. The Central Economic Court of Appeal (Dnipro) on the first day of martial law, despite the start of the war and the threat to the lives of participants in the trial, made a decision that effectively deprived the state PrivatBank of ownership of a building in Dnipro worth 86 million UAH. This is stated in the message of the bank.
According to the head of the judicial department of PrivatBank lawyer Oleg Lazovsky, after the declaration of martial law in Ukraine, Ukrainian courts and the Central Court of Appeal in particular, mostly postpone consideration of all court cases and postpone court hearings. However, this does not concern only one case related to the former top management of PrivatBank. Thus, the court hearing on February 24 considered the appeal of the State Bank against the decision of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Economic Court in case № 904/5314/20, which the court invalidated the contract of sale of buildings in the Dnieper, concluded in 2014. According to the lawyer, the bank announced the decision of the appellate court only by e-mail on March 12. Until now, the court has not provided the bank with any information on the status of the case – despite the fact that after the imposition of martial law, access to the Unified State Register of Judgments is temporarily limited.
It is noted that the cancellation of the illegal decision of the court of first instance refused the panel of judges consisting of Kuznetsova VA, Koval LA and Cheredko AE According to the lawyer, this was done despite the bank's request to postpone the hearing due to the imposition of martial law in Ukraine and the real threat to the lives of participants in the process.
“At the same time, at least, the judges' justification for rejecting the state bank's request looks strange: there is no war in the Dnieper, мол As it turned out, there is no justice in the Dnieper,” the statement said.
PrivatBank does not agree with the audacious deprivation of property rights.
“We will appeal this illegal court decision in the Supreme Court and I am sure justice will prevail! – Oleg Lazovsky noted. “Such a situation is absolutely not normal and unacceptable in wartime, when the state-owned PrivatBank is doing everything possible to ensure continuous work for the financial stability of Ukraine and the financial security of every Ukrainian.”
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It will be recalled that PrivatBank has launched a service for its branches in wartime.
