Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise finds provisions of the Communicable Diseases and Prevention Act (NETS) to be unconstitutional as they give executive power overly broad, unspecified and unchecked levers for prejudicing fundamental rights.
The salary of top state public servants – president, Riigikogu speaker, prime minister and Supreme Court chief justice – to rise from recent €6,768 to €7,303 or by 8 percent from April 1.
The government has approved the creation of a national family mediation system to spare children from the bureaucracy of their parents separating and to safeguard child welfare, Signe Riisalo writes.
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Chairman of the Supreme Court, Villu Kõve, is supporting the candidacy of Heili Sepp, former prosecutor and current judge of the second-tier Tallinn Circuit Court as the new member of the Supreme Court s Criminal Collegium. Everything onward depends on a Riigikogu vote. She has strong opinions regarding judicial matters and a strong theoretical background, meaning she could enrich the Supreme Court s discussions, Kõve said.
A vacancy for the member of the Supreme Court is to open at the end of the year.
Sepp has a Science of Law degree from the University of Tartu and has worked in the field for 24 years. She is currently a judge of the Tallinn Circuit Court and was previously a judge of Viru County Court.