On 26 October, 2018, the Supreme Court rendered a decision on the case of the LAS Tbilisi Bureau lawyer Giorgi Mdinaradze. On November 8, 2015, while carrying out his professional duties, the LAS lawyer received physical and verbal insult from the head of the police station. They put handcuffs on the public lawyer and inflicted him physical violence. The Supreme Court of Georgia sentenced the former policeman L.K. to 5 years of restriction of liberty for exceeding his official duties.
Legal Aid Service supports this objective and unprecedented court decision. It creates guarantees of protection for lawyers while carrying out their duties.