EQUITY'S ACQUITTAL SUSTAINS ONE MORE APPEAL!c

On May 18, 2018, the court panel of the Chamber for Criminal Cases of the Court of Appeal of the Chernihiv region refused to satisfy the appeal of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Chernihiv region and upheld the acquittal against the official – the Client of the company who was charged under P. 4 Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (improper advantage).

The proceedings involved circumstances regarding 5 episodes (!) of obtaining an improper advantage by a person, the proceedings in a case lasted 5 years. In 2015-2017, the abolition of the first acquittal sentence of 2015 and the appointment of the case for a new trial took place, and additionally the condition of being subject to the jurisdiction of the case also changed. In 2017, a first-instance verdict was passed in the first instance. At present the appeal is sustained; the verdict is still valid and covers all five episodes.

The EQUITY team, which worked on a case under the guidance of Olexandr Lysak, Taras Poshyvanyuk and Vyacheslav Krahlevych, thoroughly defended the interests of the Сlient and provided the expert protection in the case.