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Ex-Con Lawyer Withdraws Request For Trial Practice Rights
A lawyer newly released from prison after serving time for murder has withdrawn his request to be able to practice trial law again. Vísir reports that Atli Helgason, who was recently released from prison after serving 15 years for murder, will no…
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State Prosecutor Objects To Ex-Con Lawyer Getting Trial Rights
A lawyer who was recently released from prison for murder wants the right to take part in trials again, but the State Prosecutor’s office objects. RÚV reports that the State Prosecutor’s office does not want to see former lawyer Atli Helgason receive…
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Naming Committee Makes Historic Addition To Lexicon
The Naming Committee approved a new batch of names, including a female name that has set a new precedent. Vísir reports that the Naming Committee approved a new round of names just before Christmas. Amongst these names was the female name Skaði,…
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Clearer Legislation Needed For Insect-Based Food
Unclear application of EU regulations on the use of insects in food led to the Jungle Bar getting pulled off the shelves, and the creators of the product and related parties stress the need for clarification. As reported, the cricket-based Jungle Bar…
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Pity The Poor Bankers Who Ruined Us All
Last night, Icelanders were treated to a group interview on television station Stöð 2 with three of the Kaupthing bankers whose actions were instrumental in bringing down the Icelandic economy in 2008, and are all currently doing time in the Kvíabryggja minimum…
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Union Official Wants To Change Law On Holiday Closings
A union official believes employers should decide if they want to close up on certain holidays or remain open, and make their own contracts with their employees to that effect. By Icelandic law, designated holidays from the National Church – including Christmas…
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Icelandic Police Can Seize Foreigners’ Valuables
A law Denmark is considering that has been criticised around the world is already on the books in Iceland: police can seize a foreigner’s valuables in order to pay for their detention and deportation. Denmark has recently been making international headlines (1,…
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Most Icelanders Don’t Want Church To Get Free Land
A healthy majority of Icelanders disapprove of the law enabling religious institutions to obtain free land to build places of worship, reports DV. A recent MMR poll shows that 73% of Icelanders oppose Article 5 of the Christianity Fund Act, which was…
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Open Season — Iceland’s New Law On Foreign People Is A Mixed Bag — Also, A Squandered Opportunity
The Icelandic legislation on aliens (96/2002) has been subject to desperate and haphazard review for years. Passed with little consideration for immigration and intake of refugees, the current, sorely outdated law went on to define an inefficient institutional structure that is utterly…
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Minister Promises Law Against Racial Discrimination
Welfare Minister Eygló Harðardóttir has announced that, come next fall, the Ministry intends to propose legislation against racial discrimination. This was reported by RÚV. According to RÚV, ‘the notion of equal rights’ will thereby be ‘extended, making it also apply to race…
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Union Reminds Employers Of Labour Law
An Icelandic union points out that people are often hired to do work for wages below what is considered acceptable by labour law. In a statement from the Federation of General and Special Workers in Iceland (SGS), the union points out that…