On April 02, 2025, the First and Second Chambers of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered issues regarding the secondment and early termination of the secondment of judges, along with their simultaneous secondment.

Due to the excessive judicial workload, the Commission decided to submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice for the secondment of the judge Leonid Plokhotnichenko from the Leninskyi District Court of Kirovohrad City to the Leninskyi District Court of Mykolaiv City for a period of one year.

According to part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, a judge may, with his or her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a submission from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.

On April 03, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, in the composition of the Panel, interviewed the winner of the competition for vacant positions of local court judges announced on September 14, 2023.

Based on the results of the interview, the Commission decided to recommend the appointment of Tetiana Hapieieva as a judge of the Bashtanskyi Raion Court of Mykolayiv Oblast.

On April 03, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of six local court judges for their suitability for the position held.

According to part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, a judge may, with his or her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a submission from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.

By May 01, 2025, judges must submit declarations for the following period:

declaration of family ties of a judge – for 2020 – 2024;

declaration of judicial integrity – for 2024.

On April 01, 2025, the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered notifications of information that may indicate the inaccuracy (including incompleteness) of the information and statements provided by judges in their declarations of family ties and integrity.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:

On March 31, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine decided to postpone the submission period for documents and applications for participation in the competition for 10 vacant judicial positions in the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court. The new submission period will run from June 01, 2025, to June 30, 2025, inclusive. 

On March 30, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine completed the main period for accepting documents from candidates intending to participate in the selection process for the position of a local court judge (military personnel may submit documents until May 01, 2025, inclusive). This selection process has set a record for the number of participants, with 8,549 candidates applying for the position of a judge and 594 judges expressing their intention to be transferred to another court. 

On March 31, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of conducting interviews with winners of the competition for vacant judicial positions in the High Anti-Corruption Court, as part of the competition announced by the Commission on November 23, 2023.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to recommend to the High Council of Justice the appointment of Olena Chernova and Tetiana Lytvynko as judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court.