Digital Access to Justice in Latvia: Electronic Service, Deletion of Online Case Attachments, and Effective Judicial Protection — A Documented Case Study

This research note presents a documented case study of electronic civil procedure in Latvia, focusing on the distinction between the transmission of a court decision, its practical accessibility to a litigant, and the continued availability of electronic case attachments. The primary documents show that, after a claim was deemed not submitted, the claim itself remained stored in the online system while its electronic attachments were stated to be deleted. The study examines the implications of this documented procedural sequence for digital access to justice and effective judicial protection, including Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union where Union law is applicable. The paper distinguishes documentary facts, the court’s stated position, and the author’s academic analysis and does not treat a single case as proof of systemic failure.