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About the Case The company wished to file a civil lawsuit against an individual, but did not know that person’s residential address. Therefore, the company contacted a government agency (the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs), which is authorized to provide information contained in the Register of Natural Persons, requesting information about the individual’s place of residence. In its request, the company provided the individual’s first name, last name, address, ba

About the Case The case concerns an incident in which a minor patient with a congenital heart defect underwent elective surgery, after which he suffered severe and irreversible nervous system dysfunction. The claimant sought compensation from the Medical Risk Fund, and the regional court awarded the maximum possible amount of compensation. One of the bases for the district court’s conclusions was the finding that informed consent had not been obtained from the patient (or his

1. Regarding the Case VSIA “Latvijas Valsts ceļi,” as the contracting authority, entered into a contract with a specific company for the modernization and maintenance of weighing equipment for loaded vehicles without a prior open tender. The contracting authority used the so-called negotiated procedure—an exception that allows a contract to be concluded without a call for bids if, for technical reasons, the service can be provided by only one specific supplier. Another compan

SIA “Anda Pauniņa Law Office” provided legal support to SIA “Mūsa Mežciems” (formerly SIA “Auto Blitz”) in a significant merger transaction, under which SIA “Mūsa Mežciems” acquired the assets of SIA “Auto Bassadone.” As a result of this transaction, SIA “Mūsa Mežciems” expanded the number of car brands it represents in Latvia and took over the car dealership located at 145 Biķernieku Street in Riga. SIA “Mūsa Mežciems” acquires the assets of SIA “Auto Bassadone.” Through thi

About the Case The case concerned the removal of a company from the Commercial Register without liquidation. The Register of Enterprises had determined that the company had failed to provide information about its beneficial owners and, after receiving a warning, had not remedied this deficiency. Consequently, a decision was first made to terminate the company’s operations, and later to remove it from the Commercial Register. A shareholder of the company sought to have both de

1. About the Case The employee entered an employment contract for the position of property manager, which included a probationary period and specified August 1, 2023, as the start date of the employment relationship. However, on the very day the employment relationship was to begin, the employer informed the employee that he did not need to report to work and that the employment contract would be terminated during the probationary period. Later, the employee received written

1. About the Case The issue was whether the municipal council chairperson’s appearance in video footage posted on the municipality’s social media account during the pre-election period could be considered pre-election campaigning. The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) had concluded that the chair of the municipal council, using municipal resources, had promoted herself as a candidate for council member in the videos. The videos highlighted the municipality’s a

Our firm successfully represented a client in a complex commercial dispute in which a claim was brought seeking the client’s exclusion from the membership of a limited liability company. The plaintiff alleged that our client had caused significant harm to the company over a number of years, including in connection with the company’s management, transactions entered into by the company, and other business-related matters. On this basis, the plaintiff sought our client’s exclus

Insolvency as a Debt Collection Tool – When It Doesn’t Work In debt collection, it is often believed that simply threatening potential insolvency proceedings is enough to get the debtor to pay the debt. However, practice shows that this approach is often not only ineffective but even harmful to the creditor. This is also clearly confirmed by the judgment of the Senate of the Republic of Latvia dated March 17, 2026, in Case No. SPC-6/2026, which analyzes the distinction betwee

As is known, the Ministry of Finance, in implementing the measures included in the Shadow Economy Reduction Plan for 2024–2027 aimed at limiting the circulation of cash, has prepared proposals to amend Cabinet Regulation No. 550 of 17 August 2021, “Regulations on the Procedure and Content of Suspicious Transaction Reports and Threshold Declarations.” According to these proposals, credit institutions and other payment service providers will, within three months after the entr

We successfully represented our client in a commercial law dispute concerning the annulment of resolutions adopted by a company’s shareholders’ meeting. The dispute arose because our client – a shareholder of the company – was not properly notified of the meeting at which significant resolutions were adopted. These resolutions materially affected the company and restricted our client’s rights and interests as a shareholder. The court accepted all of our arguments and found th