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GYLA to Provide Legal Assistance to Former Shareholders of JSC Tbilaviamsheni

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) will provide legal assistance to former shareholders of TAM Tbilaviamsheni and former partners of JSC Tbilaviamsheni, who under the sale agreement concluded in 2004, brought from the state 90% of shares of JSC TAM Tbilavbiamsheni for the equivalent of USD 67 million in Georgian laris.

2013-03-22 03:16 See more

GYLA Addresses Tbilisi Mayor with an Open Letter

On February 11, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association submitted an application in Tbilisi City Hall requesting access to public information. In particular, GYLA requested information about spending of funds transferred to two legal entities – non commercial legal entity Old City Rehabilitation and Development Fund and non commercial legal entity Tbilisi Development Fund from 2005 to July 5, 2011, total of more than GEL 367 million. In particular, Tbilisi City Hall was requested to provide access to the following public information: 

2013-03-21 10:18 See more

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association Once Again Responds to the Dismissal of Employees from the National Agency of Public Registry

Referring to the March 19, 2013 statement of First Deputy Minister of Justice Mr. Davit Jandieri (see the attached file), GYLA responded to the dismissal of three employees of the National Agency of Public Registry. GYLA criticized the decision made by the head of the agency. Further, no concrete legal grounds for the dismissals were known at the time of making the statement.  

2013-03-21 03:27 See more

Petition of the Coalition to the Parliament of Georgia

The defendant’s right to refuse a jury trial based on a substantiated motion must be maintained   On January 16, the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary made a statement in response to the draft law prepared by the Ministry of Justice regulating application of a jury trial. In particular, according to the initiative application of jury trial constituted a mandatory requirement rather than the right of a defendant (as stipulate by the Criminal Procedure Code), as prosecutor’s consent was required for a jury trial waiver. Further, prosecutor was not required to substantiate the refusal to waive jury trial. After the Coalition criticized the draft law, it was withdrawn from the parliament. It engendered certain expectations; however, on March 4, 2013, the parliament was submitted with a new legal initiative about jury trial, which was content-wise analogous to the previous one. Consequently, all comments of the Coalition about the initial draft law are still relevant.  

2013-03-21 02:28 See more

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association Responds to Dismissal of Employees of the National Agency of Public Registry

Several different news agencies have reported about dismissal of the following three employees of the National Agency of Public Registry, department of legal services – Imedi Arjevanidze, Manana Natroshvili and Mukhran Burchuladze. According to these reports, they were informed on March 18, 2013, upon their arrival at work that they no longer worked at the agency.  

2013-03-20 03:24 See more

Tbilisi City Court Suspended the Competition at Public Broadcaster

Tbilisi City Court admitted a lawsuit filed by former director of Public Broadcaster, Giorgi Baratashvili, seeking annulment of the March 4, 2013 decision of the Board of Trustees and compensation for lost wages. 

2013-03-15 02:21 See more

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2013-03-14 05:06 See more

GYLA Calls for Revision of the Draft Law that Regulates Sentencing

GYLA is addressing the parliament of Georgia with regard to a draft law replacing the consecutive sentencing by concurrent sentencing. GYLA welcomes liberalization of criminal justice policy; however, it believes that several important issues remain in the draft law that need to be further improved. 

2013-03-14 02:16 See more

Successful Cases in February

With GYLA’s assistance, heir apparent of a victim of political repressions will receive pecuniary compensation With the legal aid from the lawyer of GYLA’s office in Tbilisi, N.S.’s claim filed in court was granted by Tbilisi City Court’s board of administrative cases. Based on Declaration of Citizens of Georgia as Victims of Political Repression and on Social Protection of the Repressed, GYLA’s lawyer filed for pecuniary compensation. The claim was granted in part by the court by ordering the Ministry of Finance of Georgia to provide entire of GEL 400 in pecuniary compensation in favour of N.S.

2013-03-12 04:08 See more

GYLA Calls on Public Agencies to Elaborate Transparent and Objective Regulations for Providing Salary Bonuses

Providing salary bonuses to public servants has been closed to public recently. Althogh following the 2012 parliamentary elections, majority of public agencies provided access to the information, certain problems remain. In this light, following the 2012 parliamentary elections NGOs and media outlets have reported about provision of salary bonuses in public agencies on a number of occasions (including provision of bonuses in the ministries, the Government Chancellary and the parliament in November-December, 2012). Consequently, GYLA deems it expedient to update public on further developments. 

2013-03-11 06:18 See more