29th February 2024

President of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Thomas H. Heiðar, visits the Supreme Court

Thomas H. Heiðar, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, visited the Supreme Court and had a meeting with judges and staff members.

28th February 2024

A decision on payment from the Maternity/Paternity Leave Fund

Today, the court pronounced a judgement in case 24/2023 involving all seven judges of the court. The issue was whether the law on parental leave would contravene the obligation under the EEA Agreement.

14th February 2024

Annual report - Supreme Court 2023

31st January 2024

The Minister of Justice Visits the Supreme Court

Yesterday, the Supreme Court visited the Minister of Justice, Gudrún Hafsteinsdóttir. The ministers’ delegation included Haukur Guðmundsson, the Minister of Justice, Bryndís Helgadóttir, the Director of the Office, and Árni Grétar Finnsson, the Deputy Minister.

23rd January 2024

Visit from the Council of Europe Local Government Assembly

The Supreme Court was visited by a supervisory committee of the Council of Europe's Local Government Parliament. The task of the committee is to monitor the implementation of the Council of Europe's Local Government Convention of 1985.

18th December 2023

Judge Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir visits the Supreme Court

Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, a judge at the European Court of Human Rights, visited the Supreme Court in the past week and met with the judges and the court’s staff.

6th December 2023

Hearing in the Supreme Court today

Today, the Supreme Court heard a case about the Minister of Finance’s decisions on the salaries of judges.

30th November 2023

Visit from the Reykjavík School of Women

Students from Kvennaskólinn in Reykjavík and their teacher, lawyer Guðrún Erla Sigurðardóttir, visited the Supreme Court this week.

20th November 2023

Visit to the Supreme Court and the National Assembly of Japan

In November, the Icelandic Law Society organized a trip to Japan. The Supreme Court of Iceland participated in the trip, with five judges and the head of the court’s office.

20th November 2023

New Judges Assistant at the Supreme Court

Gudmundur Snæbjörnsson recently started his career as an assistant to the judges at the Supreme Court.