On 7 March 2014 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “Compliance of Para 3, Sub-para 5.5 and Para 10 of “Regulation on the Amount of Insurance Indemnity and the Procedure for Calculating it for Non-material Losses Caused to a Person” with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia […]

Today, on 5 March, the election of the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court was held. Justice Uldis Ķinis was elected as the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court. Uldis Ķinis came into the office of the Justice of the Constitutional Court on 5 January 2007. Prior to working at the Constitutional Court he was a judge […]

Today, on 28 February, the election of the President of the Constitutional Court was held.  Justice Aija Branta, the current Vice-President of the Constitutional Court, was unanimously elected President of the Constitutional Court. Aija Branta came into the office of the Justice of the Constitutional Court on 25 March 2004. Prior to that she was […]

On Friday 28 February the election of the President of the Constitutional Court will be held. The President of the Constitutional Court is elected by closed ballot from among the Justices of the Constitutional Court. The election is held at an open Court meeting. Pursuant with the Constitutional Court Rules of Procedure the candidate for […]

  On 19 February 2014 at 14:00 Gunārs Kusiņš will take the judge’s oath and will start performing the duties of a Constitutional Court Justice. He was appointed to the office of a Justice of the Constitutional Court on 6 February of this year. The oath by the Justice of the Constitutional Court is accepted by […]

On 14 February 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 7 of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 17 May 2005 No.331 “Regulation on the Amount of Insurance Indemnity and the Procedure for Calculating it for Non-Material Losses Caused to Person” with the third sentence of Article […]

On 12 February 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of Section 16(4) of the law “On State Pensions” (in the wording, which was in force from 7 January 1997 to 30 September 2013, and in the wording of 17 July 2013), insofar it applies to the formula […]

On 12 February 2014 the Constitutional Court pronounced Judgement in Case No. 2013-05-01 “On the Compliance of Section 22(1) (in the wording of the Law of 8 November 2012, which enters into force on 1 January 2015) and of Para 4 and Para 5 of Transitional Provisions of the Law on National Referendums, Legislative Initiatives and […]

On 7 February 2014 the Constitutional Court pronounced judgement in Case No. 2013-04-01 “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 33(3) of the Civil Procedure Law with Article 91 and Article 92 of the Satversme.” The use of quality legal assistance promotes the economy of legal proceedings as much as possible and facilitates reaching of […]

On 9 January 2014 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in the case No. 9. 2013-08-01 “On Compliance of Section 483 and Section 484 of the Civil Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The institute of protest exists within the civil procedure to eliminate substantial […]