ARTICLE · 21 JANUARY 2008

Court System In Latvia

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The Latvian court system was established pursuant to the Constitution of Latvia dated 1920 and reinstated in 1993 as well as in accordance with the Law on Judicial Power effective since 1993.

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Jānis Rozenfelds

The Latvian court system was established pursuant to the Constitution of Latvia dated 1920 and reinstated in 1993 as well as in accordance with the Law on Judicial Power effective since 1993.

The court system of the Republic of Latvia comprises district or city courts, regional courts and the Supreme Court. Since civil cases are heard before the first instance courts and each party has rights to appeal the judgment within the appeal procedure, the appellate instance resolves these cases anew. The functions of the first instance are carried out by the district or the city courts, but in some cases by the regional courts.

Namely, cases admissible before the regional court are those related to the disputes over ownership rights to the immovable property, claims exceeding LVL 150 000 or EUR 213 432; cases on the protection of patent rights, trademarks and geographical indications, cases on the

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