THE LIMITS OF THE PREJUDICIAL FORCE OF DECISIONS ON CRIMINAL CASES UPON PRESENTATION OF VINDICATION SUITS

The article explores the prejudicial significance of decisions on criminal cases. This issue is urgent due to the growing number of civil and arbitration cases based on sentences, decisions on the initiation or termination of criminal cases, etc. Prejudice is a complex legal phenomenon, which is not regulated by any branches of law. The legal institute of the vindication lawsuit, the problems connected with the substantive basis of the vindication claim, and the peculiarities of the stolen property are investigated; the civil lawsuit in the criminal legal proceedings is compared with the vindication lawsuit. The legal provisions, on the basis of which judges dealing with civil and arbitration cases resolve vindication claims, are analyzed; there are a number of cases, in support of which the participants in the proceedings cite the documents issued by the investigators / inquirers in the criminal process. It is concluded that the decision on a particular civil case largely depends on the discretion of the judge, and this does not seem to contribute to reasonable protection of both the rights of the victims and rights of bona fide purchasers of property