24 May, 2017
On 24 May, the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court upheld the judgement of 16 April 2015 of the Chamber of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court which partly satisfied the claim against the Republic of Latvia in person of the Ministry of Transport with the third party SJSC “Starptautiskā lidosta Rīga”” (International Airport “Riga”) regarding recovery of compensation and default interest for the plot of land of 12.7 hectares, which was alienated from the claimant for needs of airport “Riga”. The court recovered for the claimant compensation in amount of 328 098,22 EUR, lawful interest, for the period between 1 March 1997 and 1 June 2015, in amount of 328 098,22 EUR, and court costs in amount of 6634,93 EUR, making in total 662 831,37 EUR. The judgment of the Supreme Court cannot be appealed.