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Murder Trial Against Gunnar Jóhann Begins Today
Today begins the trial of Gunnar Jóhann Gunnarsson, who is accused of having shot his half-brother, Gísli Þór Þórarinsson, in the small Norwegian town of Mehamn in April last year. According to RÚV, the two Icelandic men had been living in Mehamn,…
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Ask A Lawyer: Can You “Plead The Fifth” In Iceland?
Anyone who’s ever watched a cop show or courtroom drama from the US is likely very familiar with the concept of “pleading the fifth,” i.e., the right to refuse to incriminate yourself in any answer to questions from a police officer or…
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Trial Of Icelandic Deportation Protesters Begins
The trial of two Icelanders who attempted to stop the deportation of an asylum seeker on board an Icelandair flight has begun, but questions have been raised about how prosecutors have handled the case, and an inconsistency in whether or not Icelandair…
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Appellate Court Confirms District Court Ruling On Klaustur Case
Few options are remaining for the four MPs who decided to take legal action against whistleblower Bára Halldórsdóttir in the notorious Klaustur case. Bára informed Grapevine yesterday that the Appellate Court has upheld a previous ruling from Reykjavík District Court, which rejected…
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VIDEO: Klausturgate Trial Begins
Reykjavik District Court was the scene yesterday for the start of legal proceedings in the so-called Klaustur Case, as four members of Parliament for the Centre Party want to question and seek damages from Bára Halldórsdóttir, who recorded the four, along with…
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Birna Brjánsdóttir Murder Case Hearings Delayed
Main hearings in the case agains Thomas Möller Olsen, the man suspected of killing 20-year old Birna Brjánsdóttir last January, which were due to start tomorrow have been delayed until the end of August, reports RÚV. The reason for the sudden change,…
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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A lawyer newly released from prison after serving time for murder has withdrawn his request to be able to practice trial law again.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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Who Knew Banking Was Really About Dead Cats?
The Reykjavik District Court is now one week into what has been dubbed the “large Kaupthing market manipulation case.” So far, the court heard the oral testimony of two traders, Pétur Kristinn Guðmarsson and Birnir Snær Björnsson, and their superior, head of…
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Bankers On Trial, Again
The Reykjavík District Court began hearing oral testimony on Monday in the largest case relating to the events leading up to the crash of 2008. Nine former managers of Kaupthing bank are on trial for market manipulation in the 11 months leading…
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Gálgahraun Nine Sentenced
All nine protestors who halted road construction through the protected Gálgahraun lava field have been sentenced to pay fines or face jail time. Vísir reports that all nine suspects were found guilty of refusing to obey police orders to leave the premises.…
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Defence Attorney: Facebook “Likes” Constitute Bias
A lawyer defending former Interior Minister assistant Gísli Freyr Valdórsson has asked the court to remove the prosecutor for “Liking” a news story pertaining to the trial. Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, a former assistant to Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, was…
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Breivik Mostly Cared About Food
Geir Lippestad, the Norwegian lawyer who represented mass murderer Anders Breivik held a talk at the Icelandic Bar Association about the Breivik trial, reports Vísir. Lippestad revealed in his talk that it had been his wife who convinced him to represent Breivik, who…