Chronological order

30.12.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-346/2016 Pledged immovable property doesn’t establish right of a pledgee or a cessionary to acquire ownership of a property through prescription

22.12.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2274/2016 Gifts as other kinds of payments related to work

16.12.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-353/2016 The legality of paying out dividends in case there are mistakes in the minutes of the meeting of shareholders (The Commercial Law, Article 162, Article 5, Article 186(3))

12.12.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-342/2016 Refusal to reimburse expenses related to conducting a case to the defendant in case the claim is satisfied partially; assessment that has to be performed in priority order examination in the cassation instance court

09.12.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SPC-15/2016 Approval of a plan for extinguishing obligations of a natural person in court

08.12.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2672/2016 (CHANGE OF CASE-LAW) The legal nature of the notice of termination of an employment contract

02.12.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-335/2016 The possibility of the appellate instance court to prevent disregarding of the principle of procedural equality in the first instance court

01.12.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-103/2016 The separation of the following means of evidence – the expert opinion and the opinion of an authority; summoning the Patent Office for providing an opinion

30.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1425/2016 The right to continue the employment relationship in case of the reduction of the number of staff; the employer’s duty to offer an alternative position to the employee who is being dismissed

30.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2009/2016 The importance of the transitional provisions of a law when determining the retroactive force of a legal provision

29.11.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SPC-18/2016 The notion of the property of debtor according to Insolvency Law

29.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-344/2016 Establishing an association of apartment owners

23.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-287/2016 Closing a contract of forced lease hold with one of the co-owners

22.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-226/2016 The compulsory nature of forced lease hold for the holder of the land lease right

22.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-334/2016 Summoning a prosecutor in order to provide equal protection of persons’ interests

22.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-397/2016 The immobile property acquirer’s duty to enter the rights in the Land Register in due time; lapse of the prescriptive period of a corroboration claim for a transaction

17.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-306/2016 Compensation for moral injury if a state institution acted against a person in the field of public law

17.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-309/2016 The right to rent an immovable property before the property right is entered into the Land Register; the evaluation of actions of the victim in the case of a malicious infringement of rights

16.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-280/2016 Determining a divided use of a building being in joint property

15.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-485/2016 The competence of residential property owners’ co-operative society to set arrangements for collecting a fee for heat loss

15.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-8/2016 The property owner’s right to refuse to pay for the services not delivered

09.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-264/2016 Prevention of emergency situation – a mandatory administration activity in a residential house that is not administered by residential property owners

03.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-255/2016 Determining the legal relationships in forced lease hold; the burden of proving an existence of a servitude

03.11.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-274/2016 Lapse of the prescriptive period if a claim results from a criminal offence

01.11.2016. Decision of the assignment sitting of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1844/2016 The compulsory nature of the instructions given by the cassation court when the case is sent to execute the procedural actions

31.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-340/2016 Duty to pay when accepting an order performed according to a contract for work-performance; duty of the court to facilitate settlement between the parties in the course of the court procedure

31.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-53/2016 The limits of assignment given to the authorized person; the legal consequences of signing of a deed

28.10.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SPC-19/2016 Setting a term of a natural person’s draft plan for extinguishing obligations during insolvency proceedings

28.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-411/2016 Specification in a contract of silence as an expression of in intent

27.10.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SJC-59/2016 The right to terminate court proceedings due to withdrawal of an application regarding the issuing of a writ of execution

26.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-336/2016 Determining the legal relationship of forced lease hold

21.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-26/2016 The order of bringing a claim against an air carrier in case of a delay of carriage

20.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-329/2016 Setting contractual conditions at court in case of a compulsory contractual relationship

16.10.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2390/2016 Reimbursement of court expenses if the proceedings in the case are terminated

13.10.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-311/2016 Burden of proof when the payment of insurance compensation is refused

11.10.2016. Decision of the assignment sitting of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1401/2016 Evaluation of the claimant’s request to the Court of Justice of the European Union; the duty of the claimant to specify the actions leading to an eventual infringement of a patent

30.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-293/2016 The right to insurance compensation in case a breach of the insurance contract by the insurDetermining the non-existence of a document sent to the court er is determined

30.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-297/2016 Burden of proof of a member of the board of directors as regards settlement of accounts and transferring assets

29.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-303/2016 Determining the object of a legacy

16.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-193/2016 Determining the object of a forced lease hold

16.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-270/2016 The duty of the appellate instance court to set out the reasons for its opinion with respect to the judgment of the first instance court

16.09.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SJC-54/2016 Constituent elements of Section 479 Clause 4 of the Civil Procedure Law

14.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-116/2016 The duty of the lessee to reimburse the losses of the lessor if the contract is terminated before the contract term because of the blamable action of the lessee

09.09.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2324/2016 Determining the non-existence of a document sent to the court

07.09.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-267/2016 A judgement in a criminal case as documentary evidence

31.08.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1692/2016 The limit of compensation of expenses related to conducting the case

30.08.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-111/2016 Submission of a creditor’s claim secured by a commercial pledge in the course of an insolvency process

25.08.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-104/2016 Prerequisite for the application of Section 1765 Paragraph two of The Civil Law

18.08.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SPC-3/2016 Insolvency administration authority in ensuring the legality of insolvency proceedings; duties of a court in examining a complaint on a decision of the insolvency administration

02.08.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2078/2016 Scope of the concept “a person invited to inherit” within the meaning of Section 698 of the Civil Law

02.08.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2135/2016 The surviving spouse's obligation to prove participation in the acquisition of property

27.07.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SJC-35/2016 Cancellation of a judgement based on several individual reasons for rejecting a claim due to newly-discovered circumstances

22.07.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-36/2016 Responsibility of a building owner for the harm caused to third parties

01.07.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-124/2016 Copyright transfer in case of alienation of tangible property incorporating the work; interior layout of habitual residence as personal data

30.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-102/2016 Fair remuneration for the immovable property alienated for public needs; litigation expenses in alienating property for public need

30.06.2016. Decision of the assignment sitting of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1237/2016 Determining the user of a work protected by copyright

30.06.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1931/2016 The claim to recognize the status of a secured creditor in insolvency proceedings

30.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-608/2016 Indications of a fictitious transaction

21.06.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-163/2016 Burden of proof when evaluating the due care of a member of the board as a an authorised person; the appraisal on the amount of creditor’s damages in insolvency proceedings

21.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-177/2016 Legal nature of decisions of the body of apartment owners

21.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-55/2016 Determination of the size of a plot to be given for a forced lease hold

21.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-63/2016 Consumer protection in the case of use of insurance intermediaries

20.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-244/2016 Effect of insolvency administrator’s right to choose; understanding of set-off

20.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-244/2016 Mandatory nature of regulation on termination of rental contract and eviction of tenant

17.06.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1788/2016 Separation of status of trustees – individual and sworn advocate

17.06.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1991/2016 Influence of administrative process in institution on adjudication of a civil law dispute

16.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-178/2016 Responsibility of guarantor in insolvency proceedings of main debtor – natural persons

16.06.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2180/2016 Disputing of action of the State Emergency Medical Service

15.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-200/2016 Possibility of potential competition regarding Chapter 1 (6) and (9) of the Competition Law; impact of other courts’ case-law on the case to be examined

15.06.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2195/2016 Inter-temporal applicability of norms of civil procedure

15.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-76/2016 Institution of novation

09.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1817/2016 Justification of notice of termination of the contract of employment by the employer related to reduction of the number of staff

07.06.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-7/2016 (CHANGE OF CASE-LAW) Responsibility of board member of commercial company; claim of insolvency administrator against board member of insolvent commercial company; understanding of victim’s current property reduction

31.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-19/2016 The use of a sign which different from the registered trade mark

30.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-118/2016 Right of any joint owner to demand rental payment within the context of a law-based forced lease-hold

30.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-138/2016 Definition of „ place where the action is brought” within the meaning of Section 1821 of the Civil Law

30.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-139/2016 Responsibility of debtor to sell the pledged property on the open market (Section 1328 of the Civil Law)

30.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-246/2016 Application of the contested rent

20.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SPC-11/2016 Chronological priority of insolvency proceedings of individual merchant

20.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-133/2016 The consequences of not observing the time limit for an overturn claim

20.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-190/2016 Application of the term set out in Section 172 (6) of the Commercial Law

18.05.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-214/2016 Responsibility of board member within the meaning of Section 169 of the Commercial Law

16.05.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1860/2016 The scope of a judgement of the court

16.05.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-34/2016 Preconditions for reimbursement of costs for repairs of co-owned building. Detection of unauthorized costruction.

10.05.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1728/2016 Prerequisite of establishment of a right of use

29.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-62/2016 Transition of property right to name shares; status of participants of fiduciary transaction against third parties

28.04.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1840/2016 Notary’s obligation to ensure civil rights and lawful interests of persons involved in succession procedure

28.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-56/2016 Obligation to prove transition of title to property

20.04.2016. Judgment of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-2/2016 The solidary liability of board members occupying the position at different periods of time

20.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-5/2016 Subject of a land owner’s claim on entering into rent agreement and amount of this claim

20.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-74/2016 Scope of Article 4 of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome Convention)

12.04.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-33/2016 Determination of amount of right of use, when establishing right of use; justification of establishment of right of use

11.04.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1314/2016 and separate opinion of judge Valerijans Jonikans Principle of rule of law in no contestation proceedings; consolidation of transaction concluded by a capital company and member of the board thereof in Land Register

31.03.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SJC-13/2016 Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights as newly discovered circumstance

31.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-231/2016 Jurisdiction of dispute concerning forge of evidence

31.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-3/2016 and separate opinion of judges Intars Bisters and Aigars Strupiss Status of a creditor’s claim filed to the court before the announcement of insolvency proceedings

24.03.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1166/2016 Right of sentenced person to appeal against the refusal by the head of penal institution to submit the application for softening of the penal regime to the Administrative Committee

22.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1565/2016 Significance of a fact regarding temporary disability of an employee, when applying Sections 103(2) and 109(3) of the Labour Law

16.03.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1196/2016 Applicability of the Regulation No 44/2001 in cases on enforcement of such rulings of foreign courts, which have been reviewed on the merits by the court of arbitration

11.03.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1350/2016 Term of submission of appellate complaint prepared in electronic form

10.03.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1285/2016 Jurisdiction of disputes on lawfulness of privatisation

10.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-46/2016 (See CHANGE OF CASE-LAW in SKC-22/2019 Security services in block houses

10.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-70/2016 Protection of property by self-defence (Sections 1040 and 1733 of the Civil Law)

29.02.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-48/2016 Retroactive force of heir’s property right

26.02.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-77/2016 Creditor’s right to receive satisfaction from the debtor, if he or she was not informed of initiation of insolvency proceedings against the debtor in another state

24.02.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1514/2016 Obligation of the owner of immovable property to justify inability to pay security deposit

22.02.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1073/2016 Costs to pay for advocate’s aid as one of types of litigation costs

10.02.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-17/2016 Legal force of the original and a duplicate of a security

08.02.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1027/2016 Obligation to pay security deposit

02.02.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1406/2016 Scope of the Section 60 of the Land Register Law

02.02.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-996/2016 Scope of legal status of parties to a case for the purpose of Section 88, Paragraph one, of the Civil Procedure Law

29.01.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1331/2016 Explanation of a judgement of a court in issue related to recovery of lawful interest (Sections 192, 437 of the Civil Procedure Law); Recovery of lawful interest until enforcement of a judgement of a court (Section 195 of the Civil Procedure Law)

27.01.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-47/2016 Authorization of merchant’s employee at the place of selling of goods

22.01.2016. Decision of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-1119/2016 Procedure for cancellation of mortgage, if a creditor’s claim is not declared in the term stipulated in the invitation (Section 705 of the Civil Law)

15.01.2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-10/2016 Meaning of possession of certificates used in privatisation of the flat in determination of share of spouses’ property right to an apartment; Procedure for determination of value of inheritance to be shared and enclosure

2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-[A]-2016 Avarding separate custody to one parent

2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-[B]-2016 Compensation for damages and moral damages suffered from cases of copyright infringement; use of work for informational purposes only

2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-[C]/2016 The notice of termination of a purchase contract and its consequences (Civil Law, Article 2039, 2040); Interpretation of a transaction (Civil law, Article 1504, 1507)

2016. Judgement of the Department of Civil Cases, case No SKC-[D]/2016 Reimbursement of investment in the separate property of the other spouse in case of dissolution of marriage