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Specialized courts have their benefits as well as risks
Attorney at law Ilze Jankeviča of “LEADELL Fogels, Vītols & Paipa” expresses her point of view in the article “Specialized courts have their benefits as well as risks” in the newspaper Dienas Bizness. The topic of the article is the, so called, specialized courts in Latvia – courts that specialize in hearing cases of specific categories (click here to read the entire article in Latvian).
Quotes of the point of view:
“(..) Among the Baltic states Latvia’s court system is the only one that has established the specialized courts. Neither Lithuania or Estonia have courts for civil disputes of specific cathegories, considering that their existence would needlessly complicate the court system and make it more bureaucratic (..)”
“(..) At same time it should be pointed out that establishment of specialized courts also has its positive aspects, namely, the cases that require specific qualification can be reviewed more efficiently and professionally (..)”