A favorable judgement of the Court of Economic Affairs for the client entered into force
In April of 2023 a favorable judgement of the Court of Economic Affairs for the client of the law office RER Lextal, with which unlawfully taken decisions were reversed, entered into force.
Legal proceedings of the Client regarding recovery of damages have been successfully completed
The Senate of the Republic of Latvia refused to initiate cassation proceedings, thus leaving in force the judgment of the Civil division of the Riga Regional Court by which the claim regarding the recovery of loses caused to the real estate of the Client of the Law office RER Lextal has been sati…
The arrest of the RER Lextal client’s funds and the process of criminally acquired property has been abolished
On January 2nd, 2023 the Court of the Economic Affairs decided to abolish the process of criminally acquired property, specifically, the RER Lextal client’s arrested funds of approximately 200 000 EUR.
The Constitutional court of the Republic of Latvia has turned to the Court of Justice of the European Union in two cases of a RER Lextal clients.
One of the clients of the law office RER Lextal applied to the Constitutional court of the Republic of Latvia, contesting the conformity of the 3rd part of the Article 631 of the Criminal Procedure Law to the 1st sentence of the 92nd Article of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and askin…
The legal framework, requirements, and benefits of whistleblowing.
What does it mean – whistleblowing?
On February 4, 2022, a new Whistleblowing Law came into force in Latvia, improving the existing regulation on whistleblowing, and clarifying in which fields particularly one can blow the whistle on violations. The aim of the law is to invariably promote repo…
The law on the termination of shared property for apartment houses has entered into force
On 1 January 2023, the Law on Termination of Forced Shared Property in Privatised Apartment Houses entered into force, which gives apartment owners of apartment houses in forced shared ownership relationships the right and opportunity to redeem the land attached to the house for its cadastral value.