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SUPREME COURT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA Acting Chief Justice Sigita RudÖnaitÖ Supreme Court of Lithuania Gynejq 6 Vilnius. LT-O1109 LITHUANIA Tartu, 26 January 2022 Dear Mrs. Sigita RudÖnaitÖ, It has become a highly valued tradition that the Baltic Supreme Courts meet annually to exchange best practices and to strengthen the trilateral cooperation. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and many safety measures, we have been postponing this meeting for two years now. I express sincere hope that the pandemic situation allows us to have a face-to-face meeting this year and therefore I have the great honour to invite the delegation of the Supreme Court of Lithuania to the Trilateral Meeting of the Baltic Supreme Courts in Tartu on the 27th:29th of April 2022. At the trilateral meeting, we could focus on topics of general nature such as the "Latest Developments and Challenges in the Judiciary", where we could discuss among other things the issue of finding new law professionals in the midst of the judge's retirement wave, the benefits and restrictions on holding office ofjudge, the workload of the judiciary, but also the affect of the pandemic on the court system. Indeed, every court system has its own challenges, which is why it would be very interesting to hear, what are the current issues for the Lithuanian and Latvian judiciary and to compare our similarities and differences. Additionally, another part of the meeting could be devoted to two specific matters - civil and criminal law. As we share a similar historical background, some issues and case law of the Supreme Courts of the Baltic States often have common point of views and this meeting provides us an excellent opportunity to deepen our collaboration and share relevant case law of Civil and Criminal Chambers of our courts. It would be most helpful for the fruitful discussion, if representatives of the courts would prepare an approximately 10 to l5 minutes long presentation about the three above-mentioned topics. Please do not hesitate to recommend your own topics of interest. We would kindly suggest to hold this trilateral meeting in English and therefore translation into national languages will not be provided. The Supreme Court of Estonia will gladly cover the costs for your delegation's accommodation in Tartu. Depending on whether you will be l7 Lossi St, 50093 Tartu, ESTONIA.TeI +372730 9002, fax +372 730 9003, e-mail: infopriigikohus.ee travelling by airplane or by car, the Supreme Court will also provide airport transfers from and to Tallinn airport. Please provide us the names ofthe participants of your delegation (composing of 4 persons at the most) at your earliest convenience, in order to start with the preparations and with the hotel booking. Further information and a preliminary programme will be sent to you in due time. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Karin Leichter-Tammisto, Legal Adviser to the Chief Justice ([email protected]), should you have any questions or suggestions related to the organization of the meeting. Looking forward to meeting you and your colleagues in Tartu! Yours sincerely, Villu Kõve Chief Justice Supreme Court of Estonia SUPREME COURT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA Chief Justice Aigars Strupišs Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia 36 BrTvr-bas bulvaris LV-l5llRiga LATVIA Tartu, 26 January 2022 Dear Mr. Aigars Strupišs, lt has become a highly valued tradition that the Baltic Supreme Courts meet annually to exchange best practices and to strengthen the trilateral cooperation. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and many safety measures, we have been postponing this meeting for two years now. I express sincere hope that the pandemic situation allows us to have a face-to-face meeting this year and therefore I have the great honour to invite the delegation of the Supreme Court of Latvia to the Trilateral Meeting of the Baltic Supreme Courts in Tartu on the 27th:29th of April 2022. At the trilateral meeting, we could focus on topics of general nature such as the "Latest Developments and Challenges in the Judiciary", where we could discuss among other things the issue of finding new law professionals in the midst of the judge's retirement wave, the benefits and restrictions on holding office ofjudge, the workload of the judiciary, but also the affect of the pandemic on the court system. Indeed, every court system has its own challenges, which is why it would be very interesting to hear, what are the current issues for the Latvian and Lithuanian judiciary and to compare our similarities and differences. Additionally, another part of the meeting could be devoted to two specific matters - civil and criminal law. As we share a similar historical background, some issues and case law of the Supreme Courts of the Baltic States often have common point of views and this meeting provides us an excellent opportunity to deepen our collaboration and share relevant case law of Civil and Criminal Chambers of our courts. It would be most helpful for the fruitful discussion, if representatives of the courts would prepare an approximately 10 to 15 minutes long presentation about the three above-mentioned topics. Please do not hesitate to recommend your own topics of interest. We would kindly suggest to hold this trilateral meeting in English and therefore translation into national languages will not be provided. The Supreme Court of Estonia will gladly cover the costs for your delegation's accommodation in Tartu. Depending on whether you will be l7 Lossi St,50093 Tartu, ESTONIA.TeI+3727309002,fax+3727309003, e-rnail: [email protected] r,r,vvu,. ri i g i ko h u s. ee travelling by airplane or by car, the Supreme Court will also provide airport transfers from and to Tallinn airport. Please provide us the names ofthe participants ofyour delegation (composing of 4 persons at the most) at your earliest convenience, in order to start with the preparations and with the hotel booking. Further information and a preliminary prograrnme will be sent to you in due time. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Karin Leichter-Tammisto, Legal Adviser to the Chief Justice ([email protected]), should you have any questions or suggestions related to the organization of the meeting. Looking forward to meeting you and your colleagues in Tartu! Yours sincerely, Villu Kõve Chief Justice Supreme Court of Estonia