27 October, 2015
Having assessed load of courts and number of cases, the Council for the Judiciary agreed to proposal of the Ministry of Justice to annex one judge’s office from Ludza district court, which has been vacant for a long period of time, and one vacant judge’s office from Kraslava district court to Riga city Latgale suburb court.
One judge’s office which has been vacant in Latgale regional court since 1 October, in turn, would be annexed to Riga city Vidzeme suburb court.
Thus, the Council for the Judiciary will ask the Saeima (Parliament) to determine total number of judges in district (city) courts, envisaging that as from 1 February 2016 there will be 404 judges in district (city) courts (inter alia, 43 judges in the Administrative district court), and 139 judges – in regional courts (inter alia, 22 judges in the Administrative regional court).
Information prepared by
Rasma Zvejniece, the Head of the Division of Communication of the Supreme Court
E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 67020396, 28652211