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The Supreme Court is Norway's highest court. It has the entire Kingdom as its jurisdiction. It is a court of appeal, i.e. cases cannot be brought before the court if they have not been tried in a district court (Norwegian: tingrett) and in most cases also in a regional court (Norwegian: lagmannsrett). Nevertheless, the Supreme Court has the ...
The Supreme Court building in Oslo. The judiciary of Norway is hierarchical with the Supreme Court at the apex. The conciliation boards only hear certain types of civil cases. The district courts are deemed to be the first instance of the Courts of Justice. Jury (high) courts are the second instance, and the Supreme Court is the third instance.
Judiciary of Norway: Supreme Court: Chief judge: Toril Marie Øie: Politics of Norway. Constitution; ... Public Organizational Structure. The Constitution of Norway ...
In penal cases which have been appealed from the Lagmannsrett (Court of Appeals) [3] and in civil action cases where the appeal pertained to a substance valued at less than NOK 100,000, [4] a leave from the Appeals Selection Committee is required for the case to be tried before the Supreme Court. Besides, the Appeals Selection Committee is ...
The Norwegian Courts Administration (Norwegian: Domstoladministrasjonen) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for the management and operations of the Courts of Justice of Norway. It is purely an administrative organisation, and does not interfere with the judicial processes nor the appointment of judges or other judicial positions in ...
The Supreme Court of Norway building. Law in Norway follows a civil law system. The Supreme Court is the highest in the nation, with 20 justices. Overview
The proposal was passed by a unanimous Storting on 20 February 2007, and came into effect in 2009. The new court of impeachment is composed of five regular Supreme Court of Norway judges and six lay judges appointed by the Storting. [10] In May 2012, parliament passed a constitutional amendment, for the second time, to separate church and state ...
Civil servants in the State's employment have same rank and seat as dignitaries of the court of the same rank, after seniority. Unranked spouses follow the rank of the ranked spouse. V. Those by court employed who are given an honourable discharge keep their position's title and rank. The King Harald V; The Queen Sonja; The Crown Prince Haakon ...