Josef Fiala appointed new Constitutional Court judge

Czech President Miloš Zeman appointed Josef Fiala a Constitutional Court judge, after the Senate approved his nomination earlier this month. He will replace Vladimír Kůrka, whose ten-year term came to an end this week, keeping the 15-member court complete. Mr Jirsa, who is 62, is a member of the government’s legislative council, and has until now worked as the head of the Civil Law department at the Masaryk University Law Faculty in Brno.