Regarding the expediency of introducing mandatory insurance of civil liability of a lawyer

Abstract

This article is devoted to the disclosure of questions regarding the expediency of introducing into the national legislation a provision on the insurance of the civil liability of the lawyer, in particular, through the prism of voluntariness or obligation to establish it.
 Within the scope of this article, different approaches of domestic and foreign scientists regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the lawyer's civil liability insurance institute were investigated. The points of view of legislators of foreign countries regarding the necessity of voluntary or mandatory nature of its consolidation are also analyzed.
 The position is argued, according to which, first of all, taking into account the fact that for most foreign countries civil liability insurance of lawyers is actually an everyday norm that ensures the proper functioning of the legal profession as a whole, we consider it expedient to enshrine provisions on this type of insurance at the legislative level in Ukraine as well.
 Attention is focused on the fact that the introduction of the lawyer's civil liability insurance institute is directly aimed at protecting his interests, but this institute also plays an important role in defending the interests of the lawyer's clients, who constantly need professional legal assistance in the implementation of their rights and legitimate interests.
 To achieve the goal, the author used methods characteristic of legal science. The research was conducted primarily using the system-structural and comparative-legal method, as well as the dialectical method of learning legal reality.
 Based on the conducted research, the author concludes that the introduction of this institute should establish additional guarantees of providing professional legal assistance by a lawyer at the appropriate level in order to ensure the realization of the rights and legitimate interests of his clients.