2011
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23th of December, 2011
Voluminous study about European practice of compensation of damage is published in Germany. The total volume of the book is 1175 pages, containing significant judgments of 26 European countries about 27 categories of cases about compensation of damage.
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22th of December, 2011
On the 22nd of December the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court accepted vow of Sandra Rundele – the sworn bailiff of Riga regional court.
The Minister of Justice appointed Sandra Rundele for the post of sworn bailiff in 55th bailiwick of Riga regional court.
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19th of December, 2011
On the 19th of December, in Small Hall of the University of Latvia the book “Comments on the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. Chapter VIII. Fundamental Human Rights” was opened. To create study, which is unprecedented in entire history of Latvian law by means of its pregnancy, thirty-seven highly qualified specialists and scientists of law united their efforts.
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16th of December, 2011
Although objective criteria are included in the law, compensation of moral harm is the task, which is hard enough, and it requires assessing feelings that only another person knows. Moreover, case-law in administrative cases in relation to compensation of moral harm has been developed yet. The case-law, which should be taken into account according to principle of equality, when setting up remuneration, hasn’t been developed yet.
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15th of December, 2011
The Board of Justice in its session on the 13th of December supported repeated appointment of Ilze Freimane for the post of the Chair of the Administrative district court for the term of five years.
Ilze Freimane has run the Administrative district court since 2006. She organised court work successfully, court houses of the Administrative district court started operating in Jelgava, Liepaja, Rezekne and Valmiera. When deciding about aptitude of I. Freimane for the post of the Chair of the Administrative district court the candidate selection committee evaluated reputation of candidate, her professional experience and authority among court body and other judges.
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13th of December, 2011
The Board of Justice in its session on the 13th of December supported repeated appointment of Ilze Freimane for the post of the Chair of the Administrative district court for the term of five years.
Ilze Freimane has run the Administrative district court since 2006. She organised court work successfully, court houses of the Administrative district court started operating in Jelgava, Liepaja, Rezekne and Valmiera. When deciding about aptitude of I. Freimane for the post of the Chair of the Administrative district court the candidate selection committee evaluated reputation of candidate, her professional experience and authority among court body and other judges.
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7th of December, 2011
National countries should analyse case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECHR) and foresee possible problems, which should be solved at national level, before the case arrives to the ECHR, said Danute Jociene (Danuté Jočiené), the judge of the ECHR from Lithuania, when meeting delegation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia in Strasbourg.
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28th of November, 2011
Latvian Judicial Conference, which took place on the 25th of November, was the first judicial conference convened by the Council of Justice, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court addressed judges also as the Chair of the Council of Justice for the first time.
“The first year of operation of the Council of Justice has marked place and role of this institution in activity and development of judiciary. Experience of the first year showed ability of the Council of Justice to work, as well as its opportunities which haven’t been used yet”, Ivars Bickovics pointed out.
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28th of November, 2011
“The judge is independent not to isolate him/herself from society, but to serve society in the best way. And it depends on two aspects: professionalism of a judge and prerequisites created for capacity of a judge’s work by legislator and executive power”, wrote Andris Berzins, the President of the State, in his greetings to the Latvian Judicial Conference on the 25th of November.
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28th of November, 2011
On the 25th of November, the Latvian Judicial Conference elected Peteris Dzalbe, the vice-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in the post of the Chair of the Judicial Disciplinary Committee.
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