10 December, 2018
The Council for the Judiciary began to examine the draft procedure for nominating and appointing chairs and deputy chairs of courts and chairs of courthouses.
10 December, 2018
At the sitting of December 10, the Council for the Judiciary appointed two deputy chairs of district courts: Ilze Freimane as deputy chair of Riga District Court in Jurmala, Lolita Laure as deputy chair of Kurzeme District Court.
29 November, 2018
Iveta Andzane, judge of Zemgale District Court, who was nominated by the district (city) court judges, was elected as a member of the Judicial Ethics Commission for a term of four years.
28 November, 2018
Amendments to the Law "On Judicial Power", which come into force on November 28, providing for reduction of the influence of the executive power on the organization of court work and extend the competence of the Council for the Judiciary in appointing chairs of courts.
13 November, 2018
The Council for the Judiciary agreed on the basic principles to be established in the procedure for nominating and appointing chairs of courts.
13 November, 2018
In order to make the work of the Judicial Qualification Committee more effective, the Council for the Judiciary made a number of amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Qualification Committee. The purpose of the amendments is to improve the process of assessing the professional performance of judges.
30 October, 2018
On November 29, the Council for the Judiciary will convene Judges’ Electronic Conference to elect a member of the Judicial Ethics Commission from among the nominated district (city) court judges.
24 October, 2018
Council for the Judiciary has appointed judge Janis Grinbergs as the chair of Vidzeme District Court for a term of five years.
24 October, 2018
The Council for the Judiciary proposed to the Saeima to release Dainis Peteris Klavins, judge of Vidzeme District Court, from office because of his state of health.
17 October, 2018
Dzintra Balta is elected as deputy chair of the Council for the Judiciary
On October 15, the Council for the Judiciary had a sitting in an updated composition, as five newly elected representatives of the judiciary have begun their work. New deputy chair of the Council for the Judiciary had to be elected from among the judges, and Dzintra Balta, judge of Riga Regional Court, was elected to this office.
