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SPECIFICS OF ESTABLISHING JURISDICTION OVER ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES

SPECIFICS OF ESTABLISHING JURISDICTION OVER ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES

M.A. SHABALINA,
Associate, “Kulkov, Kolotilov and Partners”

Yu.A. KRYUCHKOVA,
Master Student, National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Legal Consultant, PJSC “CITY”

DOI: 10.24031/2226-0781-2020-10-5-248-274

This article deals with the problems of establishing jurisdiction over environmental disputes.
The issues under consideration are relevant in the context of Russian regulation because
both commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction could be competent to hear
the disputes, which inevitably entails difficulties for both the applicants and the courts
themselves as the provided case law demonstrates. Besides, the issues are topical because of
the numerous changes of Russian supreme courts’ approaches towards them, and also due
to the procedural reform of 2019. Relevance in the context of international regulation is due
to lack of specialised rules for establishing international jurisdiction over environmental
disputes, while the rules on international jurisdiction over tort disputes are not fully
effective. The article also analyses the rules on jurisdiction over tort disputes provided for
by Russian procedural codes. The article concludes that in the absence of clear rules on the
competence of arbitration and general courts to hear environmental disputes, significant
differences between the rules of the codes affect the implementation of the principle of legal
certainty in considering this type of disputes.

Keywords: environmental disputes; environmental damage claims; harm to the environment;
international jurisdiction of environmental disputes; jurisdiction of environmental disputes.

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Information about the author

M.A. Shabalina (Moscow, Russia) – Associate, “Kulkov, Kolotilov and Partners”
(6, Bldg. 2 Presnenskaya Emb., Moscow, 123112, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

Yu.A. Kryuchkova (Moscow, Russia) – Master Student, National Research University
Higher School of Economics, Legal Consultant, PJSC “CITY” (6, Bldg. 2 Presnenskaya
Emb., Moscow, 123112, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

Recommended citation

Shabalina M.A., Kryuchkova Yu.A. Osobennosti opredeleniia iurisdiktsii ekologicheskikh
sporov [Specifics of Establishing Jurisdiction over Environmental Disputes].
Vestnik grazhdanskogo protsessa – Herald of Civil Procedure, 2020, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 248–
274. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24031/2226-0781-2020-10-5-248-274

M.A. SHABALINA, Yu.A. KRYUCHKOVA