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Legal updates and guides
Supreme Court judgments and legal developments in Estonia, explained in English.
- 28 September 2024Supreme CourtSupreme Court declares the Environmental Board's automated logging permits unlawfulPermits issued by the Environmental Board's algorithm failed to apply the rules for the core area of the green network.
- 28 June 2024Supreme CourtSupreme Court declares retroactive recovery of structural funds unconstitutionalA government regulation allowing retroactive recovery of 2014–2020 structural aid was found unconstitutional.
- 16 June 2024Supreme CourtSupreme Court upholds sentence in Chinese intelligence caseThe conviction was partially quashed, but the eight-and-a-half-year sentence stands.
- 12 June 2024Supreme CourtSupreme Court: annulling a detailed plan cannot be used to legalise violationsA detailed plan must not be invalidated lightly to allow a larger building, and neighbours' interests must be considered.
- 30 May 2024Supreme CourtSupreme Court: faster, more powerful electric two-wheelers require a driving licenceFaster and more powerful two-wheeled electric vehicles are motor vehicles and must be registered.
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