Grounds for admitting evidence at the appeal stage: problems of defining bad faith and abuse of law

Purpose: To study the legal grounds for accepting new evidence in a court of second instance when considering civil cases. Methodology: The article uses dialectical and formal-logical research methods. Results: The article examines judicial practice on the issue of submitting evidence to court, as well as unfair behavior or abuse of rights by a participant in the process. Novelty/originality/value: The article has a high scientific value, since it characterizes violations of the norms of substantive and procedural law when considering civil cases.