Iceland’s highest court, which since the 2018 reform hears cases mainly by leave on points of general importance, sitting above the Court of Appeal (Landsréttur).
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court for civil and criminal matters
- Jurisdiction
- National — final appeal by leave
- Seat
- Reykjavík
- Composition
- Seven justices sitting in panels.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the Minister of Justice, with parliamentary involvement, on the recommendation of an evaluation committee.
- Languages
- Icelandic
Where an appeal goes next
None domestically; the European Court of Human Rights may follow.
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