23 January, 2018
Having heard the information and opinion of the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court on insolvency proceedings, the report of the Ministry of Justice on the legal regulation of insolvency and the opinions of the heads of judicial self-governing bodies, there was a unanimous opinion that in recent years, compared to the situation in 2008-2014, there has been a significant positive change regarding the legal framework and judicial proceedings on insolvency. For instance, the legal framework has been changed several times, the Advisory Council in Insolvency Matters has been restored, a new system of selection of judges is being established, a regular evaluation of professional activity of all judges has been introduced, and the ongoing judicial territorial reform will ensure that, when determining the specialization of judges, it is possible to fully observe the principle of randomness in distribution of cases.
22 January, 2018
On Monday, 22 January, the Council for the Judiciary began to address the issue of criticism of insolvency proceedings expressed in public space.
18 January, 2018
The agenda of the meeting of the Council for the Judiciary of 22 January is announced. It is planned to discuss the issue on criticism of the insolvency proceedings expressed in public space.
15 January, 2018
Two judges are appointed to Riga District Court – the Council for the Judiciary established that by the decision of the Saeima of 21 December the judge of a district (city) court Kristine Evertovska will serve in Riga District Court, while Baiba Jakobsone will be transferred to Riga District Court from Riga City Latgale District Court by February 12th.
15 January, 2018
By implementing the judicial reform, on 15 January 2018 Riga City Northern District Court is merged to Riga City Vidzeme District Court, and henceforth the area of activity of Riga City Vidzeme District Court will cover three administrative districts of Riga – Vidzeme District, Central District and Northern District.
15 January, 2018
On 15 January 2018, one of the stages of the judicial territorial reform is completed – the Northern District Court is merged to Vidzeme District Court by reducing the number of first instance courts in Riga.
9 January, 2018
"The right of individuals to a fair trial can only be sufficiently ensured if the court is independent. In democratic countries, such establishments as the Council for the Judiciary are one of the guarantees for strengthening the independence of the court," Ivars Bickovics, the Chair of the Council for the Judiciary, points out in the video interview to the newspaper "Latvijas Vestnesis".
4 January, 2018
The Council for the Judiciary appointed Riga City Pardaugava Court judge Ilze Ramane to replace the judge of Riga Regional Court during the temporary absence of the judge.
