Selected Issues of Preparing Civil Cases for Trial in the Appellate Court

 The article raises the problems of insufficient regulation at the legislative level of issues of preparation of civil cases for trial in the court of appeal, the possibility of eliminating at the preparation stage the errors made by the court of first instance in terms of the type of legal proceedings, as well as in terms of the incomplete composition of the participants in the dispute (the prosecutor), replenishment of the composition of the participants due to the appearance of a new representative of the legal entity – the bankruptcy trustee.

A proposal has been made to determine the range of issues that an appellate court may consider as part of its preparation, in relation to the range of issues that a court of first instance considers as part of its preparation, but taking into account the specifics of the appellate court – the next judicial instance in relation to the court of first instance.

The possibility of transition at the preparation stage to consideration of the appeal in accordance with the rules of administrative proceedings is studied, based on the subject and grounds of the stated claim, the circle of persons participating in the case, the public nature of the disputed legal relations. The legality of involving a bankruptcy trustee and a prosecutor in the case at the preparation stage without proceeding to consideration of the case in accordance with the rules of proceedings in the court of first instance is substantiated.