High Council of Justice opens disciplinary case against judge of Odesa court

The third disciplinary chamber of the High Council of Justice has decided to open a disciplinary case against judge of the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa, Khrystyna Yarema.

According to the HCJ press service, the complaint against the judge was filed by lawyer Tetiana Bohdanova-Puff.

The complainant provided a list of more than 30 cases of administrative offenses that were in the judge's proceedings and were not considered within the time limit specified by the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses, which resulted in the closure of proceedings in these cases.

In support of her disciplinary complaint, the lawyer also noted that the judge allowed delays in the preparation of reasoned court decisions, untimely provided copies of court decisions for their entry into the Unified Register of Court Decisions, entered false information about the date of preparation, signing of the court decision and entry into force of the decisions, and untimely entry of information into the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System.

The complainant stated that by unreasonably delaying the consideration of the above cases, the judge committed a gross violation of Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 129 of the Constitution of Ukraine, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 of part seven of Article 56 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges", and therefore, in her opinion, such behavior of the judge in the performance of professional duties raises reasonable doubts about the judge 's ability to perform her functions impartially, discredits the title of judge and undermines the authority of justice. The HCJ agreed with the complainant and opened a disciplinary case.

In July 2025, the High Council of Justice reprimanded Oleh Ivinskyi, a judge of the Podilskyi City District Court of Odesa Oblast. The Council took such a disciplinary action against the judge following a complaint in which the judge was accused of exonerating drivers who had been detained for driving under the influence and limited himself to a verbal reprimand without even imposing a fine, although the Code of Administrative Offenses did not provide for such a possibility.

Кирило Бойко