On 22 February 2023, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Section 38, Paragraph two of the Law On the Time Period of Coming into Force and the Procedures for the Application of the Introduction, Parts on Inheritance Rights and Property Rights of the Renewed Civil Law of 1937 […]
On 23 February 2023, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in Case No 2022‑03‑01 “On Compliance of Sections 534, 534.1, 535, 536 and 537 of the Civil Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provisions The contested provisions are contained in Chapter 66 of the […]
On 23–24 February 2023, a delegation of lawyers from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, led by the Head of the Legal Department, Kristaps Tamužs, visited the Constitutional Court. During the working meetings, advisers, judicial assistants, and consultants of the Constitutional Courts of Lithuania and Latvia shared their work experience and discussed the […]
On 17 February 2023, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in Case No 2022-05-01 “On Compliance of Section 43, Paragraph four of the Civil Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision Section 43, Paragraph four of the Civil Procedure Law (hereinafter also – the contested provision): “A court or a […]
On 13 and 14 February, Justices of the Constitutional Court and representatives of its administration participated in several working meetings in Luxemburg with the management of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as examined specific issues related to ensuring the functioning of the Court and the General Court. Judges of the Court […]
On 9 February 2023, the Constitutional Court delivered a judgement in Case No. 2020-33-01 “On Compliance of the Third Sentence of Section 5, Paragraph One, Section 56, Paragraph Three and Paragraph 49 of Transitional Provisions of the Law on Higher Education Institutions with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]
Today, 10 February, Didier Reynders, the European Commissioner for Justice, visited the Constitutional Court of Latvia. The judges of the Constitutional Court of Latvia discussed with the Commissioner and members of his Cabinet the process of preparing the European Commission’s annual rule of law report, the establishment of a special international tribunal to try Russian […]
Yesterday, on 9 February, the judges and staff of the Constitutional Court of Latvia met with Ineta Ziemele, the Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Inga Reine, the Judge of the General Court, Alfredo Calot Escobar, the Secretary of the Court, and the heads of various departments of the Court. The […]
On 27 January 2023, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Annex 7 to Cabinet Regulation No 935 of 18 December 2012, Regulations Regarding Felling of Trees in Forests”, insofar as it Reduces the Final Felling Diameter According to the Dominant Tree Species and Site Index, with Article 115 […]
At 13.30, a press conference will be held, during which Report on the Work of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia in 2022 will be presented and current trends in the area of constitute law in the Baltic States will be examined. Aldis Laviņš, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of […]
