News and current topics from various practice areas and industries

We are often asked what court mediation is, how it works and whether it is something that must occur if one finds themselves in a legal dispute. In the following article, we provide brief answers to frequently asked questions.

Read about the Supreme Court’s 2024 verdict on the Karasjok case where Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo) was acquitted in a significant land rights dispute.

The main rule in separation and divorce is that the spouses’ fortunes, which are joint property, should be divided equally. In a recent decision from the Supreme Court, it was clarified how a repurchase right for shares should be treated in a divorce settlement.

In a judgment issued on April 15, 2024, the Borgarting Court of Appeal addressed whether a law firm and the firm’s insurance company were liable for damages to a former client. The former client had received assistance in connection with two disputes that arose after purchasing an apartment in 2016. Both the law firm and the insurance company were acquitted and awarded legal costs with assistance from Hjort.

At the end of February 2024, the Borgarting Court of Appeal delivered a verdict on whether board members have personal liability for legal costs a company has been ordered to pay when the compa-ny later goes bankrupt. In this case, the Court of Appeal concluded that the board members could not be held liable. Hjort assisted the board members in this dispute against Berlevåg municipality.

In a judgment from Borgarting Court of Appeal on January 23, 2024, Hjort’s client was granted com-pensation under the Companies Act § 17-1. According to the provision, among others, the CEO, board members, or shareholders can be held personally liable for damage caused intentionally or negligently.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in November 2023 that ByWe had lost the right to claim dismissal due to agreed arbitration, the main hearing in IdHair Company A/S’s lawsuit against ByWe took place in January 2024. Søndre Østfold District Court has, in its judgment of January 25, 2024, ruled in favor of IdHair, and ByWe is ordered to pay compensation and legal costs totaling 12 million Norwegian kroner.

The Supreme Court clarifies the Arbitration Act’s deadline rules for demanding lawsuits before the ordinary courts rejected because the legal relationship falls under arbitration.

Hjort has assisted in a case concerning the question of whether a claim for retroactive enrollment in an occupational pension scheme becomes time-barred under section 1 of the Limitation Act.