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    A case initiated with regard to the norms envisaging changes in the determination of compulsory land lease fees as from the beginning of next year

    On 19 July 2017, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of Section 1 of the law “Amendments to the Law on Privatisation of State and Local Government Residential…
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    Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova gives a presentation at an international symposium on the case law of the Constitutional Court in family law

    From 19 to 20 July the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participates at an international symposium at the Faculty of Law, the University of Bialystok, Poland. The theme of…
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    Unalterable constitutional principles – the core of constitution – and the role of constitutional courts in protection thereof discussed at XVII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts

    From 28 June to 1 July President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and her advisor Laila Jurcēna participated in XVII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts, held in…
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    Norms of the Cabinet Regulation that define the minimum number of students in the 10th form or the secondary school of a district educational institution have been adopted by exceeding authorisation granted by the legislator

    On 29 June 2017 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2016-23-03 “On Compliance of Para 12.1.1 and Para 60 of the Cabinet Regulation of 13 October 2015 No. 591 “Procedure in which…
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    The norm that links a person’s right to retirement before the full retirement age with the criteria for establishing disability envisaged in the regulatory enactments of the USSR applied during the period when she cared for her disabled child

    On 15 June 2017 the Constitutional Court passed judgement in case No. 2016-11-01 “On Compliance of Section 11(4) of the Law “On State Pensions” with the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 109…
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    A book dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Constitutional Court published

    Book “Judicial activism of the Constitutional Court in a Democratic State” has been published in honour of the previous year – that of the Constitutional Court’s anniversary. In May 2016 the…
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    The annual conference of the Latvian and the Lithuanian Constitutional Courts ends

    Today, on 9 June, the conference of the Latvian and Lithuanian Constitutional Courts on legality assessment in the judgements of the Constitutional Court ended. Justices of the Constitutional Courts…
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    Annual Conference of the Latvian and Lithuanian Constitutional Courts Opened

    Today, on 8 June, Justices of the Constitutional Court are welcoming Justices and representatives of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court. To mark this event, the Constitutional Court is organising a…
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    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Latvia Miroslav Kosek visits the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia

    On Thursday, 1 June, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Latvia Miroslav Kosek. During the meeting the…
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    The norm on persons’ right to get acquainted with case materials in proceedings regarding criminally acquired property, insofar a court may not re-examine the legality and validity of a decision by the person directing proceedings

    On 23 May 2017 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2016-13-01 “On Compliance of the Fifth Part of Section 629 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article…
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