Icelandic judges find Lithuania's judicial system complicated

A delegation of judges from Iceland was in Lithuania at an invitation of the Lithuanian Association of Judges. Headed by president of the Icelandic Association of Judges Hjortur Adalsteinsson, the 14-member delegation was in Lithuania for the first time.

The agenda included visits to the National Judicial Administration, Lithuania's Supreme Court, Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court, Lithuania's Court of Appeals and meetings with members of the Lithuanian Bar Association, the Association of Judges said.

During a visit in the parliament, the guests met with members of the Committee on Law and discussed the Lithuanian judicial system and told about the operation of courts in Iceland.

Reykjavik court judge Ingveldur Einarsdottir said Lithuania's judicial system was far more complex than the Icelandic one. Lithuania's system includes three instances, specialized administrative courts and the Constitutional Court, while Iceland has courts of two instances and no Constitutional Court whatsoever. Meanwhile, there are specialized courts for labor disputes, which Lithuania does not have.