About notable events
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4th of February, 2009
During three days of this week delegation of officials of the court system of Belarus has been visiting the Supreme Court, in order to get acquainted with different fields of activities of the court. In delegation there are representatives of the Supreme court and courts of lower instances, Ministry of Justice, Centre of legislation and research, schools of law of the Republic of Belarus.
On Tuesday delegation met members of Judicial Disciplinary Commitee, senators Peteris Dzalbe and Pavels Gruzins, on Thursday meeting with memnber of Jusdicial Conduct Commitee, senator Ilze Skultane.
On Friday, February 6, delegation will get acquainted with work of the Supreme Court in general: its history, development and present organisation of work. There have been arranged meetings with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Inars Bickovics, Heads of the Departments and Judicial panel of the Senate Valerijans Jonikans, Pavels Gruzins, Veronika Krumina, Gunars Aigars and Head of Division of Jurisprudence Zigrida Mita. Head of the chancellery of the Senate Elina Kristopane will acquaint with work on chancellery, and with work of Administration of the Supreme Court – Head of the Administration Sandra Lapina.
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2th of February, 2009
The Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate will invite to a conference „Five years of administrative courts and administrative pocedural proceedings in Latvia”, that will take place on March 27, judges of administrative courts of all instances, speciālists of law, students of law and other interested persons. While celebrating 5-years jubilee of enforcing of Administrative Proceeding Law and creating of administrative courts, and the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate among them, another events have been planned in the Supreme Court – lessons of law for pupils and lead of cases for students.
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23th of January, 2009
On January 23, thirty pupils got acquainted with daily work of the Supreme Court. Pupils of Riga secondary school Nr. 25 and their form teacher took an opportunity and listened to hearings in Senate. This possibility arouse due to senator Janis Neimanis, who is alumnus of this school. Cases were reviewed in a joint session of Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, with participation of 6 senators. Pupils got concept, how hearings have been held and what is daily work of senators.
Pupils also attended Museum of the Supreme Court, floor of the Cabinet, but the greatest interes was raised by the floor of Judicial panel of criminal proceedings with bar, in which cases are reviewed with participation of prisoners.
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15th of January, 2009
On January 1, spacious changes in Admisitrative Procedure law have become effective, that will touch legal provisions, that regulate proceeds of temporary legal protection. Changes were made mainly taking into account problems, that have been stated in jurisprudence and they do not touch sense and criteria of application of proceeds of temporary legal protection. So, all statements that had been established before changes became effective, are still topical. They are collected in mutual summarization of the Department of Administrative Cases of Senate and Division of Jurisprudence „Application of proceeds of temporary legal protection in administrative process in court”.
Administrative Procedure law provides three proceeds of temporary legal protection: interception and resumption of operation of administrative act and actual activity, temporary adjustment and immediate implementation of judgement. Interception of operation of administrative act is used, if there is application about cancellation of administrative act. For its part, temporary adjustment has been used, if there is application about delivery of administrative act.
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7th of January, 2009
The Supreme Court has sent collections of rulings of the Senate of 2007 to library of the European Court of Human Rights. Annotations and prefaces of verdicts and rulings of all three departaments of the Senate are translated into English, so wide range of readers can get acquainted with resolutions of the highest court of Latvia that are reflected in rulings.
Collections of rulings of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate and the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate were published earlier, but the collection of verdicts and rulings of the Department of Civil Cases became available for readers only in the end of last December.
In collection of verdicts and rulings of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate one hundred and twenty rulings are published, that have been chosen among all accepted rulings of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate in year 2007. They may raise interest of lawyers and other interesents, as well as they are applicable for using in studying process in high schools of law. Rulings of the Supreme Court and interpretation of laws reflected in rulings are not mandatory for courts that review similar cases, but these rulings can serve as sample of recommendation of use of law standards.
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30th of December, 2008
During the Christmas charity campaign the judges and employees donated 666.40 lats which were transferred as a gift to the account of the Kuldiga region Pelci special elementary boarding school – the center for development.
There are 193 children with special needs in the Pelci special elementary boarding school, eight of them spend their days in the wheelchair. The donation of the judges and the employees will be useful for the acquisition of teaching aids what will make it easier for the children to understand and study the school programs.
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26th of December, 2008
A new memorial place dedicated to the senator of the Latvian Senate Teodors Bergtals has been opened in the Supreme Court museum. It was opened on December 19, the 90th anniversary of the Senate in the presence of the senator’s daughter Olga Helena Kaziorova and his grand grandchildren Ilona Niedra and Viktors Kaziorovs.
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22th of December, 2008
“The highest court instance – previously the Senate, now the Supreme Court – always, including the soviet times, has been an establishment proving stability, professionalism and strong backbone. The thread binding together the thick book called the history of the Latvian courts is RESPONSIBILITY. In the work of the Supreme Court this word has always been a self evident notion, the essence and the mission of the work”, said the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics at the ceremonial meeting of the Supreme Court. The ceremonial meeting on December 19 was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the highest court instance of Latvia – the Senate.
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19th of December, 2008
A settlement between the accused and the victim or his/her representative as one of the elements of the mechanism to regulate the criminal legal relations is applied in the courts in Latvia quite frequently what in general may be evaluated positively as a settlement concluded in accordance with the requirements of the law may promote the achievement of the goals of the Criminal Procedure Law. In general, the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Law (CPL) regarding the implementation of the settlement between the accused and the victim, the form of the settlement and the notification on the settlement are followed.
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18th of December, 2008
On December 18 twenty five attorneys gave oath to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Ivars Bickovics accepting the oath wished the newly admitted attorneys to be full of energy, smart, creative, thus – to be in demand. When choosing the strategy for their work they should remember that an attorney, on one hand, works as a private entrepreneur and has no employment relations with the state, but, on the other hand, the advocacy is a part of the judiciary. The public attitude to the court system develops also by evaluating the work of the attorneys, and it affects also the prestige of the work of judges and prosecutors.
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