AIGARS STRUPIŠS

President of the Supreme Court                                                        

Personal data

Date and place of birth: March 29, 1967, Viļāni, Latvia

Education                                         

1992-1993 – visiting researcher at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

1991 – traineeship at the University of Aarhus in Denmark

1990 – graduated from the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

Career

2020-present – President of the Supreme Court of Latvia and Chair of the Judicial Council

2018-2020 – Chair of the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of Latvia

2014-2018 – Judge of the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of Latvia

2000-2014 – Head of the Law Office of A. Strupišs

1998-2000 – leading expert in several European Union PHARE projects

1996-1999 – Head of the Project Centre of the Institute of Legal and Business Consulting "Latvija"

1994-1998 – Executive Director of the Socio-Economic Research Centre “Latvija”

1992-2013 – Lecturer at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

1990 – Lecturer at Riga School of Commerce

Additional duties

Member of the Board of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) since 2023

Member of the Judicial Council of Latvia since 2018

Member of the Disciplinary Court in 2014–2018, Chair of the Disciplinary Court in 2015–2018

Aigars Strupišs has contributed to drafting numerous commercial law regulations, including amendments to the Insolvency Law, the Commercial Pledge Law, and the Credit Institution Law regarding credit institution insolvency, and led the drafting of the Commercial Law.

Publications

Speeches and articles of the President of the Supreme Court are available here.

Comments on the Commercial Law, 2019

Previous publications:

• On the state and development of the Senate and the court system. Supreme Court Bulletin. No. 20, May 2020
• Themis is not blind, or the principle of good faith in civil law. Jurista Vārds, 28.01.2020, No. 4 (1114)
• Core values in the dialogue between the media and the courts. Supreme Court Bulletin, No. 19, December 2019
• The effectiveness of procedural regulations in the adjudication of commercial disputes and economic crime cases. Supreme Court Bulletin, No. 19, December 2019
• Benefits of introducing a Supreme Court advocate system. Supreme Court Bulletin, No. 19, December 2019
• Reflections on the Economic Court: unanswered questions. Jurista Vārds, 13.08.2019, No. 32 (1090)
• Ex parte proceedings and submissions of advocates. Jurista Vārds, 04.06.2019, No. 22 (1080)
• A submission to the Judicial Council regarding newly discovered circumstances. Jurista Vārds, 22.01.2019, No. 3 (1061)
• Contribution to the discussion “Commercial law and artificial intelligence: quo vadis?” Supreme Court Bulletin. No. 16, April 2018
• Objective truth, legal truth or post-truth. Jurista Vārds, 17.04.2018, No. 16 (1022)
• The development of commercial law in practice. Jurista Vārds, 07.11.2017, No. 46 (1000) and 05.12.2017, No. 50 (1004)
• Topical legal issues in the rulings of the Department of Civil Cases. Supreme Court Bulletin. No. 13, October 2016
• Recognition of decisions of members of a limited liability company as invalid: theory and judicial practice. Supreme Court Bulletin, No. 11, November 2015
• Legal protection proceedings in court: who is responsible for what? Supreme Court Bulletin, No. 10, April 2015