Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson argues in an opinion article published by mbl.is that a bill on Protocol 35 of the EEA Agreement would concede in advance to the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s demand that EU rules incorporated into Icelandic law take precedence over domestic legislation. He says the worst o…

Iceland’s Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir says implementing Protocol 35 of the European Economic Area agreement is a matter of justice for the public, as the EFTA Surveillance Authority moves to take Iceland to the EFTA Court. She made the comments to mbl.is. The EFTA Surveillance…

The EFTA Court ruled on Tuesday that tax authorities cannot demand broad information about lawyers’ clients unless the request is strictly necessary and proportionate, mbl.is reported. The decision concerns a dispute now before Reykjavík District Court. The case involves a request from the tax au…

Iceland’s possible entry into the European Union could have significant legal consequences because of the differences between the Court of Justice of the European Union and the EFTA Court, mbl.is reports. Carl Baudenbacher, a former president of the EFTA Court, made the comments at a meeting in S…

A large share of the judges at the European Court of Justice come from political rather than legal backgrounds, former EFTA Court President Carl Baudenbacher said, according to mbl.is. Baudenbacher made the remarks after giving a speech on the European Union at Sjálfstæðissalurinn, a hall at Aust…

Former University of Iceland professors Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson and Ragnar Árnason have demanded that the university honour a rental agreement for a lecture on Iceland, the European Economic Area and the European Union, mbl.is reports. In a letter to University of Iceland rector Silja Bára …