Court of Appeal (Iceland)

Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal
Landsréttur
Established	7 June 2016
Jurisdiction	Iceland
Location	Reykjavík
Composition method	Presidential appointment after Minister of Justice nomination following Qualifications Committee selection. Parliamentary confirmation before appointment if minister nomination differs from committee selection.
Authorised by	Courts Act No. 50/2016
Appeals to	Supreme Court
Appeals from	District courts
Judge term length	Life tenure
Number of positions	15 (by statute)
Annual budget	703.8 million ISK (2019)
Website	landsrettur.is (in Icelandic)
President
Currently	Hervör Þorvaldsdóttir
Vice-President
Currently	Eiríkur Jónsson

The Court of Appeal (Icelandic: Landsréttur, lit. National Court) is an appellate court in Iceland with appellate jurisdiction over all district court cases. The court was established by the Courts Act of 2016 and began operating 1 January 2018.^[1] The establishment introduced a three-tier judiciary in Iceland where before operated only district courts and the Supreme Court since the 1919 abolition of the National High Court.

The court is composed of fifteen justices selected by the Qualifications Committee and nominated by the Minister of Justice for presidential confirmation. In cases where the minister wishes to make changes to the committee's selection, Parliament must approve of said changes with a simple majority vote.

References

^ "Um Landsrétt" [About the Court of Appeal] (in Icelandic). Court of Appeal. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

External links

Official website (in Icelandic)

[1] "Um Landsrétt" [About the Court of Appeal] (in Icelandic). Court of Appeal. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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