On the 20th of November, Ivars Bickovics, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court accepted vow of eight advocates admitted to Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates.

Number of advocates has been extended by lawyers of bureaus of sworn advocates Esmeralda Balode-Buraka, Gatis Dirnens, Inese Heinacka and Sanda Kraukle, as well as Lauris Sicovs, the Head of Legal department of Riga city Council City Property Department and Andris Strapcans, the Head of the Department of Acquisition and Prospective Development of Property of the same department, Artis Stucka, vice-secretary of state of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development and Raitis Tiltins, the chief-counsel of Privatisation Agency.

To become a sworn advocate, a person who has an appropriate education and work experience, passes the advocate’s exam. Having passed the exam, if the Board of Sworn Advocates hasn’t received information that there are obstacles stated in the Law on Advocacy for admission of the new candidate, a candidate is admitted to community of sworn advocates. According to Section 46 of the Law on Advocacy, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court accepts the vow of newly admitted advocates.

 

 

 

Information prepared by

Rasma Zvejniece, the Head of the Department of Communication of the Supreme Court

E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 67020396, 28652211