About notable events
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16th of April, 2013
On the 16th of April, delegation of representatives of justice of Moldova – chairs of courts, representatives of the Court Administration and the Ministry of Justice visited the Supreme Court to exchange experience and to get acquainted with Latvian court system, the Supreme Court and the Board of Justice.
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11th of April, 2013
According to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which is binding to Latvia, concept “race” is realizable in broader meaning and it includes such motives of commitment of an offence, which are grounded by “ethnic” or “national” origination of an individual – compilation of case-law performed by the Supreme Court indicates.
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11th of April, 2013
Today, on the 11th of April, the Saeima decided to dismiss Skaidrite Lodzina, the senator of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate, from the post of a judge of the Supreme Court by her own will.
The senator wants to leave the post of a judge due to retirement. The decision of the Saeima states that the judge will leave her post on the 30th of April.
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9th of April, 2013
The Board of Justice, having reviewed law “Amendments to the Civil Procedure Law”, pursuant to request of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Saeima, which were given by the President of the State for repeated revision, supported regulation provided in the law to establish one concrete court to review cases on invalidation of decisions of meetings of participants (shareholders) of capital companies.
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28th of March, 2013
Aija Mikelsone will manage Limbazi district court also in following five years; Gunta Gulbinska will manage Gulbene district court and Aldis Sienis – Madona district court – the Board of Justice supported these candidates.
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26th of March, 2013
It has been envisaged that number of cases against Latvia heard in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will increase this year and in next several years, - admitted Kristine Lice, Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers before International Human Rights Institutions, when meeting judges of the Supreme Court.
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25th of March, 2013
On Monday, the 25th of March, sixteen students of law from Leiden, the Netherlands, visited the Supreme Court. Students represent The European Law Students’ Association - ELSA, which is international, independent, non-political non-profit organisation.
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21th of March, 2013
Taking into account opinions expressed in media recently about extradition of Latvian citizen Deniss Calovskis, who is charged with cybercrimes, to the United States of America (the USA), the Supreme Court shall explain procedure of examination of question on admissibility of extradition of D.Calovskis.
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20th of March, 2013
The book “Means of civil legal protection of intellectual property” written by Zane Petersone, the Doctor of Law and the judge of the Chamber of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court, published by the Court House Agency, could be useful to readers, who are interested in intellectual property and means of legal protection of that in nowadays.
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19th of March, 2013
To give an opportunity to students of programmes of law to consolidate theoretical knowledge obtained in a high-school and to learn practical skills in fields related to adjudication, the Supreme Court has launched a new project – to offer opportunities of practice to students.
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