About notable events
-
3th of June, 2013
On June 3-4, delegation of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic led by the Chief Justice Mr.Stefan Harabin (Štefan Harabin) will get acquainted with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia and Latvian court system.
Read more
-
31th of May, 2013
The Board of Justice instructed Zane Petersone, the judge of Riga regional court, to execute judicial duties of a judge of the Chamber of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court as from the 3rd of June, for the term of a vacancy of a judge.
Read more
-
31th of May, 2013
As from May, 2013, the Supreme Court has implemented partnership in the project “Securing Europe through Counter-Terrorism: Impact, Legitimacy and Effectiveness” (acronym of the project is SECILE), which is fully funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission.
Read more
-
28th of May, 2013
There are two main reasons, why prosecutors’ protests have been rejected both in the appellate instance court and in the cassation instance court – such conclusion has been made in compilation of court decisions performed by the Supreme Court. These reasons are inobservance of requirements included in standards of the Criminal Procedure Law within pre-trial proceedings and inobservance of requirements pushed to a protest.
Read more
-
23th of May, 2013
“Each self-respecting nation should know names of those people, thanks to which we live in democratic and independent state recognised by the whole world”, Gvido Zemribo, the first Chief Justice of the restored Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia, opening public lecture about Voldemars Zamuels, the Prime-Minister of the independent State of Latvia, on the 22nd of May.
Read more
-
22th of May, 2013
The Board of Justice supported appointment of Zita Kupce, the Chair of the Administrative regional court, in the post of a judge of a district (city) court stating that after approval in the Saeima in the post of a judge of a district (city) court the judge will execute judicial duties in Ogre district court.
Read more
-
16th of May, 2013
On the 16th of May, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court accepted the oath of five advocates admitted in the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates.
Number of sworn advocates has been extended by assistants to sworn advocates Evita Kizlo, Milans Kulikovs and Peteris Kusners, as well as Doctors of Law - Janis Rusenieks, lecturer of the Business high school “Turiba” and Nils Zuravlovs, associate professor of the High School of Social Technologies.
Read more
-
16th of May, 2013
Standard of the Civil Procedure Law about right of the Chair of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate of the Supreme Court to submit protest against ruling of a court that has come into effect, doesn’t comply with the Constitution – on the 14th of May, the Constitutional Court announced its judgement in the case “On compliance of the Section 483 of the Civil Procedure Law in its part about right of the Chair of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate of the Supreme Court to submit protest, with the Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”.
Read more
-
15th of May, 2013
The Board of Justice supported candidatures for posts of Chairs of three district courts.
Re-appointment of Chairs of Bauska and Saldus district courts for the term of five years is supported. Iveta Andzane has managed Bauska district court since 1998, and Gunita Galina has managed Saldus district court since 1993.
Read more
-
13th of May, 2013
On the 10th of May, the Constitutional Court announced its judgement, case No 2012-16-01 “On Compliance of the Paragraph Three Section 86 of the law “On Judicial Power” with the Article 102 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia” and considered legal standard, which prohibits the judge to act in political parties, to be corresponding with the Constitution.
Read more
|
