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23 December, 2025

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22 December, 2025

Research by Oskars Kulmanis on various aspects of the admissibility of evidence is published

15 December, 2025

Global Review of Constitutional Law highlights Senate practice in ensuring the principle of self-defending democracy

Department of Administrative Cases

20 November, 2025

Senate finds no violations in the procedure for expulsion of a Russian citizen

Department of Civil Cases

11 June, 2025

Court decision on property rights to USD 80.77 million is set aside

Department of Criminal Cases

3 September, 2025

Senate: when determining the penalty for facilitating illegal residence in Latvia, the court must assess the harmfulness of the offense and the threat to public interest

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Case law

Added: 23 December, 2025

27.11.2025. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-191/2025

Assessment of the species’ conservation status and of the permissibility of hunting; The court’s task to examine whether the Latvian regulatory framework and the administrative act issued by the authority comply with the European Union directive; Establishment of the facts of the case in accordance with the principle of objective investigation

Added: 23 December, 2025

27.11.2025. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-117/2025

Granting of state aid to undertakings affected by the Covid-19 crisis to ensure cash flow, where the decrease in turnover is indirectly related to restrictions on economic activity

Added: 23 December, 2025

08.09.2025. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-448/2022 (See CHANGE OF CASE-LAW in SKA-50/2025)

The legal effect of a prohibition mark registered in the Commercial Register on the registration of changes in the register of members

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19.11.2025. The Supreme Court presented its 35-year seniority badge for the first time, awarding it to the Senior Document Management Specialist Anda Straume

14.11.2025. Prime Minister Evika Siliņa presents the Cabinet of Ministers' Certificate of Recognition to the former President of the Supreme Court Andris Guļāns