Federal District Courts. Federal Arbitration Courts of Districts

District courts constitute the middle link of the system of federal arbitration courts. Federal Arbitration Courts of Districts(FASO) are inspection courts in cassation instance the legality of decisions of arbitration courts of constituent entities of the Russian Federation adopted by them in the first and appellate instances.

According to the Federal Constitutional Law “On Arbitration Courts in Russian Federation» There are 10 FASOs operating in the country.

Federal arbitration courts of districts are formed according to the zonal principle, taking into account the economic and geographical characteristics of the regions.

The jurisdiction of FASO extends to the arbitration courts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that are part of the corresponding district.

FASO operates as part of the presidium and judicial panels to consider disputes arising from civil and other legal relations, and to consider disputes arising from administrative legal relations.

The main authority of FASO is to check in the cassation instance the legality of judicial acts in cases considered by arbitration courts of constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the first and appellate instances.

Unlike civil and criminal proceedings, a cassation appeal is filed after the decision of the lower court has entered into force. Hence the features cassation proceedings in a higher court. Having considered the cassation appeal, FASO may make the following decisions: leave the decision of the first instance or the ruling of the appellate instance unchanged; cancel the decision of the first instance or the resolution of the appellate instance and transfer the case for reconsideration to the appropriate instance of the court of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation; cancel in whole or in part the decision and resolution of the arbitration court of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation and make a new decision; change the decision of the first instance or the decision of the appellate instance.

FASO are vested with the authority to revise, based on newly discovered circumstances, the decisions they previously adopted and entered into legal force judicial acts. Their powers also include studying and summarizing judicial practice, analysis of judicial statistics and preparation of proposals for improving laws and other regulations.

Presidium FASO is not vested with the authority to consider specific court cases and performs organizational functions: it approves members of judicial panels and chairmen of judicial panels, and considers other issues of organizing the work of the court.

Judicial boards FASO, headed by deputy chairmen of the court, check in the cassation instance the legality of judicial acts that have entered into legal force in cases considered by arbitration courts of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In the collegiums, judicial compositions are formed from among the judges included in the relevant collegium.

Chairman FASO is a judge and exercises procedural powers established by the Arbitration Court procedural code RF. His responsibilities include the distribution of powers between deputies, the formation of judicial panels, the organization of the work of the presidium, the general management of the court apparatus, the appointment and dismissal of staff members and other powers established by federal laws.

Composition of the Federal Arbitration Court of the District clearly defined by the legislation of our country. The selection of judges is taken very carefully; all judges and chairmen are certainly appointed by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The judges of this court have a very significant range of powers:
  1. Consideration of all cassation appeals according to judicial acts that have entered into force;
  2. Consideration of cassation complaints based on newly discovered circumstances;
  3. Development of certain changes to the regulatory legislation, which allows for a more transparent and understandable judicial system;
  4. The court is a higher authority that deals with cases after the ordinary arbitration and arbitration courts of appeal;
  5. Judges have the right to send certain normative and legal documents for consideration to the Constitutional Court, regarding the constitutionality of the norms;
  6. The court is engaged in generalization, analysis and study of judicial practice, which acts as an additional source of law in the consideration of cassation complaints.

Composition and structure of the Federal Arbitration Court of the District

Arbitration courts of districts operate with a clearly established composition:
  1. Presidium of the court;
  2. A specialized board that deals exclusively with the consideration of those disputes that arose as a result of civil legal relations;
  3. A specialized board that deals with disputes that arise as a result of administrative legal relations.
All powers of the court are described in Article 26 of the Federal Law “On Arbitration Courts”.

Only specialists with a higher legal education, as well as high moral principles, can be accepted for the position of judge.

Presidium of the Arbitration Court

All provisions on the work of the presidium are reflected in Articles 27 and 28 of the Federal Law on the activities of arbitration courts. The composition of the presidium presupposes the presence of a chairman, a deputy, as well as chairmen of judicial panels (panels).

All judges who are members of the presidium must certainly be approved by the Plenum of the Supreme Court. The Presidium has the right to approve, on the proposal of judges and chairmen of judges, various issues, consider issues of organizing the work of the court, and consider all issues related to judicial practice.

Judicial boards

All data on the work of the boards is displayed in Article 30 of the Federal Law on the activities of arbitration courts. It is the judicial panels that carry out the procedure for verifying cassation complaints, based on a detailed study of all aspects of the cases. Among other things, panel judges study and maintain case statistics and also maintain statistics on the receipt of complaints. Specialists - assistant judges - deal with the consideration of complaints about legal errors. Judges carry out individual reception of citizens according to a schedule that is developed by the presidium and published on the official website of the court.


The Federal Arbitration Court of the District is the highest authority that deals with cassation appeals. That is, the way to resolve issues on economic and...

Located Arbitration court Southern Federal District at the address: Krasnaya st., 16, office. 41, Krasnodar. This is an arbitration court. Opening hours are from 8.30 to 18:00. The structure of the court is similar to other judicial authorities of the Russian Federation. It is headed by a chairman, there are two deputy chairmen, two judicial panels - for civil and administrative matters, assistant judges, court secretariat, court administrator, judicial panels and departments.

Arbitration Court of the Southern Federal District

The Chairman of the Arbitration Court of the Southern Federal District is Maxim Alekseevich Polyakov. Has experience working in the State Duma, higher education in the field of jurisprudence, is a member of the Russian Lawyers Association, is the chairman judicial panel PDTS "Arbitration". Total work experience in courts is up to 10 years.

There are many vacancies available from the court. To obtain a vacant position, you must go through a competition organized by a commission of judges. You must have a higher education in the field of jurisprudence, have a large amount of knowledge and meet all stated requirements, have a good knowledge of the legislation and current legal norms.

The deputy chairman of the court is Ruslan Yurievich Daov. He has more than 7 years of experience, has a private legal practice in courts, is also the general director of a law firm, is a member of the Russian Lawyers Association, and has a higher education in the field of jurisprudence.

Liliya Anatolyevna Trubetskaya - arbitration court judge, head of the legal department. Has extensive experience as a representative in arbitration courts and courts general jurisdiction, has a higher legal education and more than 30 years of experience.

Bagiyan Gayane Grantovna is a judge of the arbitration court, has extensive experience in judicial system, a retired employee of the Department of Economic Crimes of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the SK, has a higher legal education and more than 10 years of work experience.

The arbitration court is a judicial authority that resolves all sorts of disputes in the field of economic contracts between persons - citizens, legal entities and so on. In the district arbitration court you can resolve such disputes as:

  1. rental of premises;
  2. agreements on investments in shared construction;
  3. government contracts;
  4. exchanges, donations, purchase and sale, barter, deliveries;
  5. contract (including construction);
  6. provision of all types of services;
  7. leasing;
  8. simple partnership;
  9. property valuation;
  10. transportation and expeditions;
  11. trust management of property;
  12. loans and credits of persons;
  13. storage agreements;
  14. orders, agency, commissions;
  15. easement and determination of the boundaries of the land plot;
  16. deposits, fines, pledges, penalties, as well as other contract options.
The case is processed very quickly, no more than 2 weeks.


The Arbitration Court of the Nenets Autonomous District is located at the address: Salekhard, st. Republic, 102....