Esteemed Mr President, Esteemed President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear participants on-site and those following us remotely, This is the sixth time when the new judicial year of the Constitutional Court is opened at a solemn hearing, at which the Constitutional Court reports to every person […]
A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on a constitutional complaint “On Conformity of Section 4.15, Clause 2, Sub-clause “b” of the Law On the Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia with Article 96 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested norm provides that the public part of […]
Following an application by the Senate, a case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court “On the compliance of Section 6(3)(5) of Law on Forensic Experts with Article 101(1) and the first sentence of Article 106 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision states that a person who previously was charged […]
The Constitutional Court concluded that the norm of the Cabinet Regulation which prohibited the import of mink into the territory of Latvia for a certain period of time in order to limit the spread of the COVID-19 infection complied with the right to own property provided for in Article 105 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court […]
On December 15 and 16, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš participated in the 137th Plenary Session of the Venice Commission, where opinions on constitutional law issues affecting the Commission’s member states were approved. On December 16, at the plenary session of the Venice Commission, the President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia […]
At the application of the Senate, the case “On compliance of Section 19.1 (1) of Cabinet Regulation 1013 “Procedure for the owner of an apartment in a multi-apartment building to pay for services associated with the use of the apartment property” of 9 December 2008 (in the version effective between 1 October 2013 and 21 […]
On December 11, the 17th Annual Conference of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Lithuania was held, where judges discussed the impact of the geopolitical context on the settlement of constitutional disputes, as well as the latest developments in the case-law of both courts. In his opening address, President of the […]
The Constitutional Court held that the norms which established vaccination against COVID-19 as a precondition for participation in the work of the Saeima as a Member of the Saeima did not comply with the first part of Article 101 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court emphasised that every Member of the Saeima had a fundamental role […]
The Constitutional Court held that the norms imposing an obligation on local governments to dismantle objects glorifying the Soviet regime, partly financing their dismantling from their own budget, were compatible with Article 1 and the first sentence of the second part of Article 101 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court emphasised that the contested norms concretised the […]
A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court “On conformity of Section 13, Paragraph two, Clause 3 of the Insolvency Law, insofar as it establishes a prohibition for a person in respect of whom criminal proceedings for the commission of a deliberate criminal offence have been terminated for non-exonerating reasons, to work as an […]
