In May 2012, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) presented research Process of Rehabilitation Beyond Façade, most of which foused on participation of two non-profit legal entities set up by Tbilisi Government – Old City Rehabilitation and Development Fund and Tbilisi Development Fund – in the process of rehabilitation of historic parts of Tbilisi, and finances transferred to these funds for over the years.
2013-03-27 06:33 See moreTbilisi City Hall responded to GYLA’s letter addressed to Tbilisi Mayor, dated March 21, 2013. The city hall explained that there were no violations of law involved and therefore, GYLA’s claims were groundless. The city hall finishes the letter by “reminding” to GYLA that information about legal entities can also be obtained from the public registry’s website.
2013-03-23 02:46 See moreInternational Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) and Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) held a presentation of the report of Monitoring Election Administration Composition for 2012 Parliamentary Elections
2013-03-22 05:49 See moreGeorgian 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 moreOn 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 moreReferring 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 moreThe 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 moreSeveral 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 moreTbilisi 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