A case “On Compliance of Section 50(1)(1) of the Education Law with Article 106 of the Constitution” has been initiated before the Constitutional Court. The contested provision stipulates that a person who has been convicted of committing a deliberate criminal offence (irrespective of the extinguishment or removal of the criminal record) may not work as a teacher, […]

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on the application of the Administrative Regional Court “On Compliance of Section 8(3)(204) and Section 9(1)(5) of Law On Personal Income Tax with the first three sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. Section 8(3)(204) of the Personal Income Tax Law provides that winnings from […]

In 2021, celebrating the 25th anniversary of its existence, as well as to create a new dimension in the dialogue with society, the Constitutional Court of Latvia established the podcast Tversme, which discusses the values enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Constitution) and the role of the Constitutional Court […]

On Thursday, 29 June, the Constitutional Court recognised the following rules of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations, which establish the lowest salary rate for pre-school teachers, as incompatible with the principle of legal equality set out in the first sentence of Article 91 of the Constitution. The contested rules have been declared void as of […]

The Constitutional Court of Latvia publishes a new episode of the podcast “Tversme”, in which Mr Aldis Laviņš, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, and Mr Kari Kuusiniemi, President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, discuss the role of constitutional courts in restoring peace and international order during crises, as […]

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court based on application by SIA Olympic Casino Latvia regarding the compliance of Section 6.8 of the Riga Spatial Plan Area Use and Construction Regulations, approved by Riga City Council Binding Regulations No 103 ‘Binding regulations for the use of and construction within the territory of Riga […]

On 23-25 May, a trilateral cooperation meeting was held with the participation of judges of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania and the Supreme Court of Estonia. The Constitutional Court of Latvia was represented by its President Aldis Laviņš, Vice-President Irēna Kucina, Judges Anita Rodiņa and Jautrīte Briede, as well as […]

On 19 May 2023 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Sections 1, 5, 6 and 12 of the Law of 29 September 2022 “Amendments to the Law on Education”, insofar as Paragraph 102 is supplemented with the transitional provisions of the Law, and compliance of Section 4(1) and Section 6 of the […]

Today, 11 May, the Constitutional Court of Latvia publishes a new episode of the podcast “Tversme”, in which Irēna Kucina, the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, and Dineke de Groot, the President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, talk about the tradition of constitutional review and protection of constitutional […]

The Constitutional Court held that a provision that requires a person to be presumed guilty of committing a previous tax violation in a repeated tax violation case, even though the decision on that tax violation has been appealed against in court and the court judgement on it has not yet entered into effect, is incompatible […]