ABUSE OF PROCEDURAI RIGHTS BY ADVOCATE (ON THE EXAMPLE COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of abuse of procedural rights by advocate on the example of commercial and administrative proceedings. The relevance of the chosen topic is substantiated and attention is drawn to the fragmentary nature of the coverage of the indicated issues in the scientific literature. The approaches formulated in the scientific literature and judicial practice regarding the understanding of the concept of «abuse of procedural rights» are presented. there are approaches. It is suggested that abuse of procedural rights by an advocate should be understood as actions committed by a lawyer within the framework of a judicial process that formally correspond to the norms of the procedural law, but do not correspond to its conceptual ideas, and are not intended to create an obstacle in the activity of the court or other persons. We consider the following as additional signs of abuse of procedural rights by the advocate: 1) a person who abuses procedural rights has a special status – an advocate; 2) the presence of procedural rights, which are abused by the advocate, are determined by his provision of legal aid and participation in the court process; 3) may result in prosecution not only of the advocate, but also, for example, of the bar association in which the advocate works (about which judicial practice has already been formed in the decision of the Supreme Court dated 14.07.2022 in case No. 755/11559/16-ts); 4) damages the prestige of the entire institute of advocacy. It is proposed to supplement Part 1 of Art. 43 of the Rules of Advocate Ethics. As part of our research, attention will be paid to the abuse of procedural rights by the advocate. The choice of this particular aspect of the specified issue is determined by several reasons: 1) the existence of rare cases of such abuse by advocate; 2) significant dissonance in the public consciousness, which arises due to the abuse of procedural rights by a advocate, which is due to the fact that a advocate must be a model of behavior as a representative of the legal profession and must comply not only with the current substantive and procedural legislation, but also with the Rules of Аdvocate Ethics; 3) creation of a significant threat to the authority of the entire institute of advocacy.