Rettur represents the group of relatives of those who died in the avalanche in Sudavik in 1995 Sigurdur Örn Hilmarsson, partner at Rettur, represents a group of thirteen people who share the same fate of having lost relatives in the traumatizing avalanche in Sudavik, West Iceland...
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Ms. Jóna Thórey Pétursdottir, associate and a human rights lawyer at Réttur, has taken a seat on the Board of Advisors of the organization Swedish Observatory for Human Rights Information (SOHRI). The organization’s advisory board consists of international experts in human rights law and social justice....
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Réttur is alarmed by the triple planetary crisis facing humankind. As a means to the end of raising awareness and challenging deeply rooted practice in governmental lines, Réttur works to promote and advance cases touching upon topics within environmental law, on environmental rights of individuals...
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In April 2023, one of Réttur´s associates and human rights specialist, Ms. Jóna Thórey Pétursdottir, gave a speech on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The topic was the centre of dicussion at a symposium at Reykjavik University this spring. The event...
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It was a delight and pleasure for Réttur to receive recognition from Legal 500 in early 2023, for the firm´s recent achievements and case handling. In the latest Legal500 assessment published early 2023, Réttur continued to be recognized as a Tier 1 law firm in...
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Jona Þorey‘s speech on equality, human rights and climate change at the Open Women‘s Forum On 18 March 2023, the conference Women's Open Forum took place at Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, where our associate, Jóna Thórey Pétursdótttir, a specialist in human rights and environmental law, was invited...
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Réttur - Adalsteinsson & Partners had added a new member to the partner group. Védís Eva Guðmundsdóttir has been an attorney at Réttur since 2020, but she has previous experience as an attorney at Jonsson & Hall, as a legal officer at the EFTA Surveillance Authority...
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It was a delight and pleasure to receive recognition from Legal 500 in early 2023, for the firm´s recent achievements and case handling. In the latest Legal500 assessment published early 2023, Réttur continued to be recognized as a Tier 1 law firm in the field...
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It was a delight and pleasure for Réttur to receive recognition from Legal 500 in early 2023, for the firm´s recent achievements and case handling. In the latest Legal500 assessment published early 2023, Réttur continued to be recognized as a Tier 1 law firm in...
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Last week, the Icelandic Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, decided to ban whaling in Iceland until 31 August 2023, effectively during all the permitted whaling season this year. The Ministry announced the decision on 20 June last at the Government Offices web, where it...
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