In the past week, participants in the Nordic Judicial Conference visited the Supreme Court, which is held every three years in one of the Nordic countries.

Today, a court ruling was made in case No. 19/2024. The case was about whether ÁTVR had been allowed to stop purchasing two types of beer from the company Dista ehf.

On Thursday, 21 November, the Supreme Court and the District Court held a seminar in the Court of Justice on the three-level justice system, its benefits and challenges.

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.

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.

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.

The Administration of Occupational Safety and Health is inviting applications for grants to the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. The fund's goal is to promote research in the field of occupational safety and health and to contribute to improved occupational safety and health in the Icelandic labor market.

The European Data Protection Supervisory Authority (EDPB) has issued a statement on age testing.

Safer Internet Day is being celebrated today, 11 February.

Eleonora Bergþórsdóttir and Kristín Fjóla Fannberg have been hired as legal experts at the Icelandic Data Protection Authority.