On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in which it gave a legal assessment of all the arguments put forward by the attorney in the procedural documents and agreed with them in full.
In effect, the Dynasty Law & Investment team has established new case law that will serve as a benchmark for private notaries. The legal positions formulated by the Supreme Court in this case have the potential to protect the private notary community from unsubstantiated decisions by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to revoke notary certificates on the basis of a subjective interpretation of professional ethics violations.
The key significance of this case for the legal community lies in four aspects:
First, the court drew a clear distinction between violations of professional ethics (sub-clause "i" of Article 12 of the Law "On Notaries") and violations of legislation (sub-clause "e"). This makes it impossible to use the "ethics" provision as a procedural shortcut for revoking a certificate in cases where the Ministry of Justice does not have a court-confirmed finding of harm caused to the state.
Second, strict formalism in the inspection procedure was confirmed: an instruction to conduct an unscheduled inspection falls within the exclusive competence of the Minister, and not of deputy ministers — which serves as an additional safeguard against administrative arbitrariness.
Third, the legal conclusion regarding the nature of authenticating a signature on share transfer acceptance acts puts an end to the debate about "disposal of assets." The court confirmed that a share transfer acceptance act does not constitute a legal transaction, and that there is no prohibition on performing the act of authenticating a signature on such a document — since that act is not equivalent to the disposal of assets.
Fourth, the court clearly stated that the 45-day period for submitting a motion to revoke a certificate must be counted from the day the grounds were established, not from the day those grounds were documented.
This case by the Dynasty Law & Investment team not only protected an individual notary's right to practice their profession, but also reinforced the principle of legal certainty by establishing that a notary's disciplinary liability must be based on objective criteria and strict observance of procedural time limits.
