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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.

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.

Hjort has assisted the Danish company Bio Recycling ApS (plaintiff), which was awarded NOK 30 million in compensation in the district court. The judgment is not final.

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.

On September 19, 2022, Borgarting Court of Appeal rendered a verdict in one of the largest fraud cases in Norwegian history. Hjort law firm assisted the Italian energy company Edison, which was victim to a comprehensive CEO fraud in 2019.