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RULING BY THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN REGARD OF LETTER W: A CASE STUDY IN RESPECT OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS (89)

Author: Johanas BALTRIMAS
Topic category: Civil Law

The article deals with the issue of Lithuanian case-law on the matter of spelling in personal documents with letters from non Lithuanian alphabets or disregarding rules of Lithuanian language grammar. Question of spelling foreign names in documents is of big political importance, since it has received a lot of public attention, in last few decades there were over 20 unsuccessful attempts to pass laws which lay down relevant regulation. Particular focus of research is drawn upon Lithuanian case-law, where recently a judicial precedent occurred, which conflicts with earlier rulings.