Category Civil Law

Buying real estate is always a serious step that requires not only significant financial investment, but also thorough legal verification. To avoid unpleasant surprises, it is worth paying attention to several key aspects. Utility Debts and Co-Owners: Non-Obvious Risks Although…

Buying real estate has always been a responsible step, and in the conditions of 2025, when economic instability and wartime risks intensify fraudulent schemes, it becomes a real challenge. Insufficient legal vigilance may lead to the loss of money, property…

The Ukrainian real estate market has once again faced a wave of raiding that has intensified due to martial law and the associated instability. Taking advantage of the absence of owners, wrongdoers try to seize other people’s assets, exploiting gaps…

Corporate disputes related to challenging the decisions of a company’s management bodies are among the most complex in judicial practice. Since legislation does not always provide exhaustive answers, the main reference point for businesses and lawyers becomes the legal positions…

With the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, many Ukrainian enterprises and citizens lost property, assets and means of production. The question of compensation for losses caused by Russia, has become more relevant than ever. Although the first court cases against…

For many years, the prosecutor’s office, defending state interests in land relations, acted according to an established, though not always effective, pattern. Claims usually came down to invalidating decisions of authorities on land allocation and cancelling the corresponding state acts.…

Since the start of the full-scale invasion and the declaration of martial law in Ukraine, when airspace for civilian aircraft was closed, the issue of vacations faded into the background. However, over time, many Ukrainians began to wonder again what…

In the era of accessible microloans from MFOs (microfinance organisations), many people face the problem of repaying their debt. If you have found yourself in such a situation, you have probably already had to deal with intrusive calls from debt collectors. But sometimes the debt collection process takes more aggressive forms, for example, through a notary’s writ of execution. This tool makes it possible to recover funds without a court hearing, which makes it particularly attractive to creditors. However, such writs are not always lawful. In this article we will look at how to challenge a notary’s writ of execution and protect your rights. What is a notary’s writ of execution? A notary’s writ of execution is a notary’s order for the compulsory recovery of sums of money from a debtor or the transfer of property to a creditor. It is one of the enforcement documents that gives the enforcement officer (state or private) the right to open enforcement proceedings and seize your property and bank accounts. However, the key point is that a notary carries out such an action only if the debt is indisputable. Important. A notary is not a court. The notary does not establish the rights and obligations of the parties, but merely certifies that the creditor’s right to recover the debt exists. The decision to make the writ is taken on the basis of documents provided only by the creditor (an MFO or a bank). “The making by a notary of a writ of execution on a loan agreement does not give rise to the creditor’s right to recover sums of money, but only confirms that such a right arose earlier and is valid at the time the writ of execution is made”, - this is how one of the legal positions of the Supreme […]