May 27 Main results of the day

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the legality of judicial acts of the Arbitration Court of the Moscow District and the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region, which refused to satisfy the application of the Agency for Dispute Resolution in the privatization procedures of the Republic of Serbia for recognition and enforcement of the decision of a foreign court (the Economic Court of Belgrade City) in respect of the Principal of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”. By the said decision of the Economic Court of Belgrade City, more than 440 million Serbian dinars (≈ 3.7 million Euros) were collected from the Principal of the Bureau, as well as a penalty in the amount of more than 600 thousand Euros. In the course of lengthy court disputes complicated by a foreign element, the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure” managed to prove that the courts of the Republic of Serbia, including the Supreme Court of Cassation of the Republic of Serbia, committed significant procedural violations, which were the basis for refusing to recognize and enforce the decisions of foreign courts in full on the territory of the Russian Federation. In addition, it was possible to convince the judges of the unfair behavior of the Agency’s representatives, who in every possible way manipulated the translation of the legislation of the Republic of Serbia from Serbian into Russian for the sake of their procedural position in the case. Having studied the materials of the case and the cassation appeal of the Agency, the judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, taking into account the arguments of the response to the cassation appeal submitted by the lawyers of the Bureau, refused to transfer the cassation appeal of the Agency to the Judicial Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation for consideration on the merits. The Principal’s interests were defended by Nikita Filippov, Head of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”, and Rashid Gitinov, Head of the Bureau’s Dispute Resolution Practice with State Bodies.