For the first time in the history of Latvian courts there has been created a Disciplinary Court. It is an institution that will evaluate rule of law of decisions of the Judicial Disciplinary Committee appealed. On August 30, the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court elected in the composition of the Disciplinary Court senators of the Department of Civil Cases of the Senate Aldis Lavins and Marite Zagere, senators of the Department of criminal Cases of the Senate Peteris Dzalbe and Anita Nusberga and senators of the Department of Administrative Cases Andris Gulans and Normunds Salenieks.

The senator Peteris Dzalbe has been approved for the post of the Chair of the Disciplinary Court.

The creation of the Disciplinary Court has been provided by amendments to the law “On Judicial Power” and the Law on Judicial Disciplinary Responsibility. The Plenary Session had to elect six senators, two senators from each department, in the composition of the Disciplinary Court.

The member of the Disciplinary Court may not be at the same time a member of the Board of Justice, the Judicial Disciplinary Committee, Judicial Qualifications Committee or Committee on Judicial Ethics.


 

Information prepared by

Head of the Division of Communications of the Supreme Court Rasma Zvejniece

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