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Iceland

Hæstiréttur Íslands

Benedikt Bogason, President of the Supreme Court of Iceland

 

President since: September 2020

Justice of the Supreme Court since: 2012

Career before being justice of the Supreme Court:

Education:

Cand. juris, University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, 1990

Career:

1997–2001         Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs

2001–2003         District Court Judge, District Court of Vesturland

2003–2012         Chief Judge, District Court of Vesturland

Appointed to serve with numerous official committees, including committees for drafting law proposals.

Writing and teaching:

Professor (part time) at the University of Iceland, Faculty of Law. 

Author of books and articles in fields of law of obligations and procedural law.