29 November, 2017
In the sitting the chairs of the departments of the Supreme Court, when considering the question submitted by the District Administrative Court judge regarding the jurisdiction of the dispute related to employment relationship, concluded that such a dispute shall not be reviewed under administrative procedure.
24 November, 2017
In the spring of this year, the Latvian Judicial Training Centre hosted extensive training for judges, prosecutors and other lawyers in combating sexual abuse of children and the role of the judiciary in the fight against it. In addition to the training activities, the research "Case-law in criminal cases regarding crimes against morality and sexual inviolability of a minor" was carried out.
23 November, 2017
Having resolved the issue on jurisdiction, during the sitting of the chairs of departments of the Supreme Court it has been recognized that a legal fact required for establishing the public legal relationship should be determined by the administrative court. This also applies to those legal facts the determination of which is expressly provided for in Section 288, Paragraph two of the Civil Procedure Law.
23 November, 2017
On the Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia, November 18, Valerijans Jonikans, Judge of the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court, and Ilze Skultane, Judge of the Department of Administrative Cases, received the highest state awards at the ceremony that took place at the Riga Castle.
22 November, 2017
On Wednesday, November 22, the Supreme Court was visited by Huang Yong, Ambassador of China to Latvia. The Ambassador met with Ivars Bickovics, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
19 November, 2017
The Supreme Court has chosen Sipji Oak from Rumba parish as the symbol of the centennial of the Senate of Latvia. Rumba parish is the homeland of Kristaps Valters, the first Chair of the General Assembly of the Senate of Latvia. Symbolic mark of the centenary of the Senate of Latvia was officially opened by the Supreme Court during the celebration of 99th anniversary of Latvia on November 17.
15 November, 2017
On November 15, Reinis Odins, Legal Research Counsel to the Department of Civil Cases, met with new lawyers from Berlin, who currently are in their practical phase – working in the Supreme Court of Berlin, and have arrived in Latvia on a study visit.
14 November, 2017
"My grandparents were migratory birds against their own will, who never stopped loving Latvia, and never managed to acclimatize in America" – Rita Laima Berzina (born Rumpetere) tells about her grandparents – Augusts Rumpeters, Senator of the Senate of Latvia, and philologists specialized in Baltic languages Janis and Livija Bicoli.
9 November, 2017
According to the request by the Supreme Court, the case law on the qualification of serious personal injury offence and its connection with other criminal offences is summarized.
9 November, 2017
On November 10, Ivars Bickovics, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, participates in the discussion on the effectiveness of the judicial system and the ideal legal system in future at the conference for readers and authors of the journal "Jurista Vārds" (Lawyer’s Word) – "Challenges of the Latvian Judicial System in the Second Centenary of the State". While Veronika Krumina, Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases, participates in discussion on interaction of justice and economics.
