June
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28th of June, 2012
One of stages of project “Modernisation of courts in Latvia” performed collectively by Latvia and Switzerland was accomplished on the 28th of June by presentation of videoconference and sound-recording equipment organised in court room of the Supreme Court.
The project is carried out by the Court Administration in cooperation with the Latvian Prison Administration applying funds granted by Swiss Confederation.
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22th of June, 2012
Newly elected Committee on Judicial Ethics called to the first meeting by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the 22nd of June, elected Visvaldis Sprudzans, the deputy of the Chair of Zemgale regional Court for the post of the Chair of the Committee. Dzintra Balta, the judge of the Riga Regional Court was elected for the post of the deputy of the Chair of the Committee.
Visvaldis Sprudzans is elected for the post of the Chair of this institution of judicial self-government repeatedly.
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20th of June, 2012
The decision of the Board of Justice states that the judge Inese Usakova appointed by the Saeima for the post of the judge of district (city) court on the 14th of June will execute duties of the judge in the court of Latgale Suburb of Riga city.
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18th of June, 2012
In order to promote continuous professional development of judges during all judicial careers, it has been planned to reject previous system of qualification classes stating regular evaluation of professional activity of judges once in five years, as well as extracurricular evaluation when deciding about transfer or replacement of a judge instead.
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14th of June, 2012
On the 14th of June Ivars Bickovics, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court accepted vow of twenty-three advocates taken in Latvian Board of Sworn Advocates.
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5th of June, 2012
The Division of Case-Law of the Supreme Court in cooperation with Andrejs Judins, the specialist in field of law, performed study on case-law in criminal proceedings for determination of compulsory measures of a medical nature.
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1th of June, 2012
The 4th issue of “Bulletin of the Supreme Court” is published and it will reach all Latvian courts and other judicial institutions, as well as libraries and higher educational institutions in nearest future.
Bulletin contains information about activities of the Supreme Court related to topical issues in field of human rights and international cooperation, as well as topical decisions of the Board of Justice in issues conceptual to judiciary.
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1th of June, 2012
Latvia will be represented in Association of European Judges for Mediation (GEMME) also in future, as new Board was elected in General Assembly of the Association in Paris on May 10-13, and Zane Petersone, executer of duties of a judge of the Supreme Court, was elected in composition of the Board.
New president and his deputies were elected in meeting of the Board and representatives of member states of GEMME, The new president is Jaime O. Cardona Ferreira from Portugal. In sessions of the Board and representatives of member states of GEMME main questions were related to development of association, activities planned, visions about directions of operation of GEMME needed, inter alia, attraction of new member states, also from outside Europe. Next meeting and conference that will take place in November, 2012, in Sofia, Bulgaria, and events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of GEMME that will take place in December, 2013, in Paris, France, were also discussed.
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