Guest post: merger of Russia’s high courts, made in heaven? | beyondbrics

Guest post: merger of Russia’s high courts, made in heaven? | beyondbrics:

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By Roman Khodykin of Berwin Leighton Paisner

Last week, following the announcement of president Vladimir Putin’s decision to liquidate the Supreme Arbitration Court and subordinate all commercial courts to another branch of the judiciary, about one in eight Supreme Arbitration Court judges and a number from other commercial courts immediately tendered their resignations in protest. Are they right to be so concerned about the impact of the reforms?

Since the Soviet era Russia has had two independent branches of the judiciary – general jurisdiction courts and so-called “arbitration” (or commercial) courts. Each branch has its own highest authority: the Supreme Court and the Supreme Arbitration Court."

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