2010
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18th of February, 2010
Saeima on February 18 has attested the present judge of Zemgale regional court Intars Bisters for the post of the judge of the Supreme Court. 77 parliamentarians voted for this decision, no parliamentarians were against, and 3 deputies abstained.
The judge Bisters was born in 1974. He got his degree and qualification of lawyer in Latvian Police Academy, and now he takes Master studies in a field of law in Business High School “Turiba”.
Intars Bisters has worked in judicial system since 1988. He was the judge of the court of Central district of Riga city, since 2007 he is a judge of the Judicial Panel of Civil Cases of Zemgales regional court.
The structural unit of the Supreme Court, in which Intars Bisters will execute his duties of the judge, will be defined by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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17th of February, 2010
On February 17, during the Day of shadows, seven pupils of secondary schools got acquainted with work of judges and employees of the Supreme Court. “Shadows” got opportunity to participate in real court session of the Chamber of Criminal Cases in the case about contraband of oil, in which there are ten accused persons, to see the historical hall of the Senate and the museum of the Supreme Court.
Pupils of Riga Secondary School Nr. 3 Raimonds Freibergs and Emils Roze got acquainted with everyday work of the senator of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate Arturs Freibergs. Raimonds and Emils didn’t know that so many cases have been reviewed in written proceedings and not in court hearings. They think that it would be interesting to work as a judge just for a short time, but it might be boring to do it during lifetime. Pupils found museum of the Supreme Court, located in the bomb-shelter, to be interesting.
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11th of February, 2010
The Juridical Committee of Saeima on February 11 accepted the draft law to be promoted to Saeima about attestation of the judge of Zemgales regional court Intars Bisters for the post of the judge of the Supreme Court.
Intars Bisters was born in 1974. He got his degree and qualification of lawyer in Latvian Police Academy, and now he takes Master studies in a field of law in Business High School “Turiba”.
Intars Bisters has worked in judicial system since 1988. He was the judge of the court of Central district of Riga city, since 2007 he is a judge of the Judicial Panel of Civil Cases of Zemgales regional court.
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4th of February, 2010
Experienced prosecutors of Specialised Prosecutor’s Office of Organised Crimes and other branches Aris Bocs and Ivars Krauze change the field of professional activity and on February 4 they gave a vow of sworn advocate. The Deputy Head of Police Department of Jurmala city, the Head of the Department of Investigation of Criminal Police Evita Spalvena also joined community of advocates; she also gave a vow to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics stresses that this is the case, when community of advocates has been filled with experienced and professional lawyers. “Maybe it will not be easy to come to an opposite side of trenches. But all legal professions have one basic interest – the strengthening of rule of law in the state”, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court told to admitted advocates after accepting the vow. I. Bickovics stressed that professional advocate plays an important role in a fair result of litigation, so he wished new advocates to step into new profession fast and to be just as successful and marketable advocates, as they were in their previous legal profession.
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26th of January, 2010
In the 19th anniversary of the barricades of 1991, the award of the State of Latvia – the Mark of Memory of Participants of Barricades received present and former employees of the Supreme Court – Inta Kirse, Biruta Puke, Valdis Straume and Anda Straume.
The judge Andrejs Lepse, who was the leader of the group of Popular Front in the Supreme Court, has also been awarded with the medal.
In January 1991, when people from all regions of Latvia came to Riga by buses and heavy agricultural mechanics and made barricades to defend the legally elected Supreme Board of the Republic of Latvia and government of Latvia that had not been yet admitted by foreign countries, the Supreme Court was located in the part of the building, in which Riga regional court is located now. Fortification around the building was especially important in strategic meaning, as the government was located in the same building also that time.
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25th of January, 2010
On January 25, the judge of the Administrative regional court Maris Vigants starts to execute duties of the judge in the Chamber of Civil Cases. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court assigned Maris Vigants temporarily replace the vacancy of the judge in the Chamber of Civil Cases in an order established by the Part 2 of Paragraph 79 of the Law “On Judicial Power”.
The Paragraph mentioned states that for the time of vacancy or temporary absence of the judge of the Chamber, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court can assign the Honoured Judge of the Supreme Court of the judge of regional court to replace him, if this persona has given written agreement or by the suggestion of Judicial Qualification Committee.
According to the decision of Saeima, the number of attested judges in the Supreme Court is 53, but at present there work only 45 judges in the Supreme Court. Taking into account the significant accumulation of civil cases, it is necessary to increase number of judges in Chamber of Civil cases immediately. 13 judges are intended to work in the Chamber of Civil Cases, but up to now there have worked only 11.
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21th of January, 2010
January 22 will be the last work day in the Supreme Court for the judge Eduards Pupovs. Today Saeima has made a decision to release him from the post of the judge of the Supreme Court, as he reached maximum age of judge established by the law – 70 years.
Eduards Pupovs has worked in system of justice since 1970. He was investigator, assistant to prosecutor, the judge, and also the Chair of the Court of Kurzemes district of Riga and court of present Latgales district of Riga; he was the director of the Department of district (city) courts of the Ministry of Justice. In 1994 Eduards Pupovs was elected for the post of deputy of the Chair of Riga regional court and the Chair of the Judicial Panel of Criminal Cases.
Since 1997 Eduards Pupovs has worked as the judge in the Chamber of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court.
He has been awarded with Mark of Distinction of the Ministry of Justice of III tier. In a voting of the staff of the Supreme Court in 2009 Eduards Pupovs received Themis Award in nomination “The Judge of the Year”, but, while terminating his work – the Writing of Acknowledgement of the Supreme Court.
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20th of January, 2010
The Board of professors of Faculty of Law of University of Latvia on January 19, for the post of associated professor in field of national law has elected Doctor of Law, the Senator of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate of the Supreme Court Jautrite Briede.
The senator Briede in 2006 at University of Latvia has gained the degree of Doctor of Law in field of national law. She is one of founders of system of administrative proceedings in Latvia and one of recognised specialists in the field of administrative proceedings and administrative law, scientific editor of comments to Administrative Procedural Law, the expert of Academy of Sciences in field of law.
Jautrite Briede has worked at the Faculty of Law of University of Latvia since 1995. From 1999 till 2004 she is a founder and first director of the Centre of Legal Assistance and Practice of the Faculty of Law of University of Latvia, she has worked out several courses of instruction and programmes in a field of administrative law, administrative proceedings, comparative administrative law and legal assistance. At present the senator reads several courses at the Department of Sciences of National Law, she was the adviser for more than 50 Master Papers and 2 Doctor Papers.
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19th of January, 2010
The Constitutional Court initiated the case about procedure of formation of the budget of President’s Chancery, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, the Government Control and Ombudsman’s Office.
The case is initiated to application of the Government Control, in which there has been stated that at present the Cabinet can change requirements about the budget of independent institutions without approval of institutions. The Government Control considers this procedure to be incongruous to principle of division of power and it endangers financial and functional independence of independent institutions.
The Supreme Court supports the application of the Board of the Government Control and believes that special status should be established for independent institutions and financial independence should be provided. On October 8, 2009, the Plenum of the Supreme Court was summoned, during which it was decided to call Saeima and the Cabinet to provide financial analysis of the budget of the Supreme Court in the same procedure as it was established for financial analysis of the budget of Saeima, it is, to state that application for the budget can not to be amended before submitting of the draft law of the budget to Saeima without agreement of the submitter of application.
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14th of January, 2010
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia celebrates 90th anniversary since its foundation, The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics and the Chair of the Constitutional Court Gunars Kutris also went to ceremonies.
The festive ceremony takes place today in University of Tartu, and representatives of System of Justice of Estonia, and also heads of Supreme and Constitutional Courts of other states are invited to it. Then the reception of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia Mart Rask (Märt Rask) follows.
The history of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia is similar to the history of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia.
The Law of the Republic of Estonia “On Public Justice” was accepted on October 21, 1919, and first session of the Supreme Court took place on January 14, 1920, in the Town Hall in Tartu. This day is considered to be a beginning of activity of the court. In 1935 the Supreme Court was moved to Tallinn.
On December 31, 1940, the Soviet rule terminated the activity of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, judges received orders of dismissal. Several judges were arrested.
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