УДК 347.95

ORCID: 0000-0002-9637-5557

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-2(51)-8

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Oleksandr SYTNIKOV,

Associate Professor of the Department of Financial and Tax Law

at the State Tax University,

retired judge of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine,

lecturer at the National School of Judges of Ukraine,

lawyer, candidate of legal sciences

FROM COMPLAINT TO STATEMENT OF CLAIM:

HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE INTRODUCTION

AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATEMENT OF CLAIM FORM OF APPEAL TO THE COURT

IN ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE IN UKRAINE

The right to judicial protection of subjective rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals in the public-legal sphere includes the right of an individual to appeal to an administrative court. The introduction of administrative justice has led to a transformation in views on the need to replace the outdated form of appeal to the court in the form of a “complaint” with a “statement of claim,” the use of which is not without certain shortcomings. However, these are insignificant and can be easily eliminated by amending the procedural legislation.

Keywords: right to appeal to the court, right to judicial protection, administrative proceedings, complaint, statement of claim, administrative claim.

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