On 7 July 2014 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated Case “On Compliance of Section 3638 (8) of Civil Procedure Law (in the wording that was effective until 31 October 2010), insofar it Applies to the Right of the Insolvency Administrator to Appeal against a Court’s Decision, by which the Administrator is Dismissed from […]

On 10 June 2014 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2013-18-01 “On the Compliance of the Sixth Sentence of Section 563 (3) of The Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The decision by the Latvian Prison Administration regarding employment of […]

On 21 May 2014 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 36(2) of the Protection Zone Law with Article 91 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Pursuant to Para 1 of Section 36(2) of Protection Zone Law in […]

On 14 May 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Section 635(6) of the Civil Procedure Law, insofar it Applies to the Reversal of Execution of a Judgement in Matters regarding Recovery of Remuneration for Work, with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic […]

On 16 May 2014 two more cases regarding the constitutionality of the provisions of the Law on Subsidized Energy Tax have been initiated by the Constitutional Court. Having regard to an application by Ltd. “Arsenal Energy”, Ltd. “EcoZeta”, Ltd. “ENERCOM PLUS”, Ltd. “Ošmaļi Energy””, Ltd. “Piejūra Energy”, Ltd. “Winergy”, Ltd. “Zemgales enerģijas parks” and Ltd. […]

On 9 May 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 3 and Para 1 of Section 4 of the Subsidized Energy Tax Law with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Para 1 of Section […]

Today, on 6 May, the election of the President of the Constitutional Court was held. Aldis Laviņš   was elected President of the Constitutional Court. Aldis Laviņš came into the office of the Justice of the Constitutional Court on 25 April 2014. Prior to working at the Constitutional Court he was a Supreme Court Judge, but before working […]

On Tuesday, 6 May, at 11:00, in the courtroom of the Constitutional Court, Riga, 1 J.Alunāna Str. the election of the President of the Constitutional Court will be held.  Aija Branta was the President of the Constitutional Court until 24 April; currently the Court is headed by the Vice-President Uldis Ķinis. The election procedure The […]

On 23 April 2014 the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No. 2013-15-01 “On Compliance of the Words “Joining in Trade Unions” of Section 49(1) of Border Guard Law with Article 102 and the second sentence of Article 108 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The prohibition to border-guards from joining in trade […]

On 24 April 2014 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2013-12-01 “On the Compliance of Section 432 of the Road Traffic Law, insofar it affects the rights of the vehicle owner in administrative violations record–keeping, with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. If the driver, who is not the […]