RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND TO REPLY ON THE MERITS

21.05.2021. Decision on Ancillary Complaint of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-932/2021 Consideration of disputes regarding construction products used in the construction process; Purpose and application of the Law on Submissions

18.02.2021. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-690/2021 Concept of institution in Freedom Information law and compliance of public persons capital company to that concept

30.03.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-478/2021 Permission to access construction projects for research purposes without having a license or license agreement

14.05.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-443/2021 Separation of information created and collected by an employee for the needs of work of the institution from the information created by the institution

29.01.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-155/2021 Information provided by Financial and Capital Market Commission to the European Central Bank in relation to the credit institution supervisory process as restricted access information; Information for internal use of the institution

15.06.2020. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-669/2020 Status of a politician in itself is not a reasonable reason for the disclosure of information about his private life; Reason for requesting information on changes in name and surname

15.06.2020. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-669/2020 Status of a politician in itself is not a reasonable reason for the disclosure of information about his private life; Reason for requesting information on changes in name and surname

21.01.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-607/2020 Admissibility of a judgment which contains a condition; Determination of the amount of the State fee for the issuance of information, if the amount of fee has changed during the resolution of the dispute

29.10.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-405/2020 Applicable rules of law when assessing a person’s request for information regarding the result of the proceedings of an administrative violation; Importance of the information status in cases concerning requests for information

29.10.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-405/2020 Applicable rules of law when assessing a person’s request for information regarding the result of the proceedings of an administrative violation; Importance of the information status in cases concerning requests for information

02.12.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-314/2020 Right of a private person to environmental information; Legal nature of environmental information

02.12.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-314/2020 Right of a private person to environmental information; Legal nature of environmental information

26.04.2019. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1164/2019 Service of information held by the Supreme Court; Competent authority to issue personal data when the request is expressed regarding wish to bring a civil action

26.04.2019. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1164/2019 Service of information held by the Supreme Court; Competent authority to issue personal data when the request is expressed regarding wish to bring a civil action

22.02.2019. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-921/2019 Competence of the Data State Inspectorate in the field of personal data protection of natural persons; Right of the data subject to apply to the court for infringements of the processing of personal data; Competent court for determining a procedural violation in the process of issuing an administrative act of the Competition Council

22.02.2019. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-921/2019 Competence of the Data State Inspectorate in the field of personal data protection of natural persons; Right of the data subject to apply to the court for infringements of the processing of personal data; Competent court for determining a procedural violation in the process of issuing an administrative act of the Competition Council

18.04.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-917/2019 Right of journalists to receive information about the use of the budget resources of the public administration

22.11.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-879/2019 Recognition of the request for information as troublesome

18.12.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-482/2019 Verifiable circumstances when deciding on a persons request for information

26.09.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-476/2019 Use of the regulation of Section 5 of the law On Official Secrets in determination of the status of restricted access information; Justification of the request for information; Obligation of a person with a journalistic interest to justify more precisely than a journalist his/her legitimate interest and purpose of information request; Use of the right to receive information in good faith

26.09.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-476/2019 Use of the regulation of Section 5 of the law On Official Secrets in determination of the status of restricted access information; Justification of the request for information; Obligation of a person with a journalistic interest to justify more precisely than a journalist his/her legitimate interest and purpose of information request; Use of the right to receive information in good faith

31.01.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-255/2019 Availability of the judgment of the criminal case which has been decided in an open court hearing

22.03.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-232/2019 Protection of a „whistle-blowers”

31.01.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-148/2019 Processing of personal data for the accomplishment of duties specified in the Law; Issuance of information from registers carried by the Enterprise Register; Content of the principle of the rule of law

31.01.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-148/2019 Processing of personal data for the accomplishment of duties specified in the Law; Issuance of information from registers carried by the Enterprise Register; Content of the principle of the rule of law

26.02.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-40/2019 Obligation of the applicant for information to clarify the request for information; Obligation of the institution to provide the person with the requested information

26.02.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-40/2019 Obligation of the applicant for information to clarify the request for information; Obligation of the institution to provide the person with the requested information

25.09.2018. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1327/2018 Separation of the application of the provisions of the Law on Submissions from the application of the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law; Grounds for refusal to accept a claim for reimbursement

23.07.2018. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1004/2018 Action of the authority directed to the non-disclosure of information shall be considered as a rejection of the request for information

03.04.2018. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-858/2018 Applicable legal provisions in reviewing question of the use of the documents of National Security Committee; Status of „restricted information” does not deprive the person of the subjective right to request such information

31.01.2018. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-606/2018 Assessment of the public relevance of information

31.10.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-394/2018 Status of the information contained in the Electronic Declaration System (EDS); Admissibility of the disclosure of information about taxpayers

23.04.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-244/2018 Status of „restricted information” by itself does not considered sufficient justification for refuse to give access to that information; Information obtained in the investigation of an infringement shall not be considered as information relating to the assessment process within the meaning of Section 5, paragraph two, Clause 5 of the Information Freedom Law

23.04.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-244/2018 Status of „restricted information” by itself does not considered sufficient justification for refuse to give access to that information; Information obtained in the investigation of an infringement shall not be considered as information relating to the assessment process within the meaning of Section 5, paragraph two, Clause 5 of the Information Freedom Law

28.05.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-208/2018 Aspects to be assessed in the issuing of restricted information on state officials

29.03.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-148/2018 Right of lawyer to request information; A lawyer engagement as a legal aid provider

31.10.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-20/2018 Admissibility to disclose personal data to third parties; Responsibility of the Authority and the Court to evaluate the solidity of the request for information before clarifying the authentic solidity of the request

31.10.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-20/2018 Admissibility to disclose personal data to third parties; Responsibility of the Authority and the Court to evaluate the solidity of the request for information before clarifying the authentic solidity of the request

06.09.2017. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1225/2017 Refusal of a municipal councilor to issue information requested by a private party

20.04.2017. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-463/2017 The right of a sworn advocate to request a redress of legal assistance

21.12.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-453/2017 The right to get acquainted with the materials from completed criminal case file

20.01.2017. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-172/2017 (CHANGE OF CASE-LAW) Right of existing information at the disposal of an institution for a participant in proceeding

10.05.2017. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-106/2017 The legal nature of the actions of an institution in case of requested information

12.07.2017. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-29/2017 The right to check if the commercial secret was determined reasonably

27.05.2016. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1075/2016 (See CHANGE OF CASE-LAW in SKA-888/2018) Deputy’s right to receive information at disposal of the Council

15.08.2016. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-930/2016 Subjective right to demand for an opinion of an institution and to complain on the violations of environmental law

18.08.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-817/2016 Accessibility of declaration of the financial status of a civil servant suspended from performance of the duties

08.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-15/2016 Processing of data of an individual (an owner of a vehicle) on the ground of contractual obligations

26.03.2015. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-383/2015 Issue of personal data to a sworn advocate in relation to her responsibilities for implementation of defence in criminal proceedings  

28.12.2015. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-380/2015 Protection of alarmists’ identity

18.06.2014. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-139/2014 Accessibility of information on procedure of competition to an office

30.05.2014. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-87/2014 Protection of alarmists’  identity

23.05.2014. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-62/2014 The methods of investigative action as information of a special nature, issuance of which can only be based on substantial public interest

11.04.2014. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-10/2014 Right of society to receive information about capital company, which belongs to the State fully or partly

05.11.2013. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-996/2013 Verification of processing of data obtained in operative activity in administrative procedure

20.11.2013. Decision of the assignments sitting of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-933/2013 Decent use of right to information

26.04.2013. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-327/2013 (CHANGE OF CASE-LAW) Availability of materials of inspection performed by an institution

27.11.2013. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-312/2013 Inadmissibility of control over information request, which is submitted in electronic form and is not signed, in a court

10.09.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-606/2012 Right to receive information about income of a person employed by the State and business activity of the State

20.01.2012. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-276/2012 Question about right of labour unions to receive information from an employer is not considered to be reviewed in administrative procedure

15.06.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-272/2012 Limitation of an individual’s right to receive information from the Constitution Protection Bureau

17.01.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-135/2012 (CHANGE OF CASE-LAW)  Procedure of appeal against refusal to provide information containing state secret

17.02.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-53/2012 Individual’s right to receive information

10.02.2012. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-3/2012 Right to receive an answer on the merits, if it has been established that an individuals would like to receive that; right to receive an answer from legislator

22.12.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-976/2011 Right of an individual to ask for opinion of an official

08.06.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-444/2011 Right of a municipality to establish fee for issue of information  

26.05.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-421/2011 Right of society to receive information about wages of officials of the Bank of Latvia

21.03.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-254/2011 Right of society to access information

12.01.2011. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-221/2011 Right of an individual to information about public business; right of an individual to receive a response on the merits about public business

25.01.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-166/2011 Openness of a procedure of granting of a status of a state secret

31.01.2011. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-103/2011 Obligation of the police to observe individual’s rights to protection of private life; right of an individual to be listened to

14.05.2010. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-511/2010 Delivery of information from materials of a case

20.04.2010. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-386/2010 Right to get acquainted with documents of the State Security Committee about persons, who cooperated with this committee; restrictions on availability of information

01.07.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-347/2010 Right of an individual to receive information from the state institution about wages of officials and employees of the institution; role of the press in democratic society

09.02.2010. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-214/2010 Right of a sworn advocate to request information

06.05.2010. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-193/2010 Application about binding the institution to perform actual action; delivery of personal data to third parties; right of an advocate to request information necessary for provision of legal aid

14.12.2009. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-916/2009 Appealing against action of the President of the State, when not answering to an application, in the court

20.08.2009. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-573/2009 Procedure of appeal against payment for issue of information

16.09.2009. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-241/2009 An individual’s rights in concept of the Freedom of Information Law to information, which is at disposal of an institution or which should be developed by an institution; an individual’s rights to receive an answer on the merits

26.09.2008. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-525/2008 Issue about non-delivery of information is not subjected to control of administrative courts if information from an institution was required by a state official within its official duties; claim in context of non-delivery of information

08.06.2007. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-194/2007 Content of right to receive information and to receive responses to applications; integrity of utilisation of human rights

17.08.2006. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-395/2006 When addressing an institution with information request, it is not necessary to annex documents approving authority of an individual to represent submitter of the request and criteria stated in the Article 38 of the Administrative Procedure Law are not applicable for submission of information request

12.04.2005. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-152/2005 On legal character of establishment of public legal relations and on withholding of a response to an application