Supreme Court to decide on property tax
Supreme Court ruling may have consequences for property tax in Norway 3,400 private individuals have sued the City of Oslo regarding property tax for the…
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Au pair case to the Supreme Court
Au pair case will be dealt with by Supreme Court The au pair case, where businessman Ragnar Horn and his wife were convicted of a…
Man is sentenced for family violence in Nigeria
Man is sentenced for family violence in Nigeria The sentencing of a man convicted of family violence consisting of violence and threats to wife and children…
GP that refused to insert spiral won the case
GP that refused to insert spiral won in the Supreme court A Catholic GP in Telemark, partaking in the Norwegian GP scheme, lost her job…
The Supreme Court rejects appeal from builder
The Supreme Court rejects appeal – builder must atone in prison The verdict against a big-wig builder, of six and a half years imprisonment, is…
The Supreme Court decides whether travel time is working time
The Supreme Court is now considering an issue that could have financial consequences for several hundred thousand workers in Norway.The question is simple: Is travel…
Penalty for sleep rape increased
The Supreme Court increases the penalty for sleep rape A man in his twenties is in the Norwegian Supreme Court sentenced to a year and…
Farida case before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will deal with the state appeal on Tuesday and Wednesday in the so-called ‘Farida case’. Farida (11) and her family were forced…
Mother of six faces jail time
Mother of six lost in the Supreme Court – faces jail time for violence The Supreme Court finds no reason to reduce the sentence for…
EFTA: travel time is working time
The EFTA Court confirms that travel time is working time Have you been on an assignment outside your usual workplace? Then travel time is considered…
Refugees may be denied travel documents
Refugees with insecure identity may be denied travel documents The Supreme Court has ruled that it is not unfair to refuse refugees travel documents if…
Poland violates the fundamental principle of law
Foreign Minister, Børge Brende, reacted to elected Polish representatives adopting a law that, in practice, leaves control of the Supreme Court to politicians. ‘If…
Seven years old in church asylum
Seven years old girl in church asylum – is not retrieved A seven year old girl sits in church asylum, but the Supreme Court says…
The Supreme Court will consider Yara sentencing
The Supreme Court will consider Yara sentencing The Norwegian Supreme Court will review the case against Yara’s former legal director, Kendrick Wallace, who in January…
Two men convicted of using forced labor in horticulture
Two men convicted of using forced labor in horticulture Two men in their thirties and sixties have been sentenced to prison by the Supreme Court…
Woman must go to jail after car killing in Oslo
Woman must go to jail after car killing in Oslo A 52 year old woman who is sentenced to jail for 75 days for hitting…
Breivik will take his case to Strasbourg
Breivik disallowed appeal to the Supreme Court, but will proceed to Strasbourg Anders Behring Breivik takes his human rights judgment to Strasbourg as the Supreme…
Honour killings – the Supreme Court upheld convictions for triple murder in Pakistan
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal in the so-called triple murder case in Pakistan. Verdicts of respectively 21 and 17 years in prison are…
Hijab sentenced hairdresser appeals to Supreme Court
Hairdresser Merete Hodne is appealing the sentence she received for refusing hijab-clad Malika Bayan lounge access. Now the Supreme Court Appeals Committee will decide if…
Supreme Court tightened the punishment for spreading nude photos
A 22 years old man has been sentenced to prison for five months by the Supreme Court for having downloaded and spread over 36,000 images…