Conciliation Boards of Norway

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The Conciliation Boards of Norway are local lay courts that handle minor civil disputes and promote mediation and settlement before cases reach the ordinary courts.

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Label Occurrences
Conciliation Boards of Norway canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
lay court ⓘ
accessRequirement often mandatory step before district court in minor civil cases ⓘ
aimsTo increase access to justice ⓘ
provide low-cost dispute resolution ⓘ
appealTo district courts of Norway ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil law ⓘ
canIssue enforceable settlements ⓘ
judgments in uncontested cases ⓘ
caseOutcome referral to district court if no settlement ⓘ
settlement recorded as court settlement ⓘ
composition lay judges ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
decisionMakingMode panel decision ⓘ
enforcement settlements and judgments enforceable through Norwegian enforcement authorities ⓘ
geographicalCoverage all municipalities of Norway ⓘ
goal promote amicable settlement ⓘ
reduce need for ordinary court proceedings ⓘ
handles minor civil disputes ⓘ
hasLanguage Norwegian language ⓘ
hearingPublicity normally public hearings ⓘ
hearingType oral hearings ⓘ
isPartOf Norwegian court system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Norway
jurisdiction Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
legalBasis Norwegian Dispute Act ⓘ
legalSystem Norwegian legal system ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian law
memberType elected lay members ⓘ
non-professional judges ⓘ
nature non-professionalized judiciary level ⓘ
operatesAtLevel municipal level ⓘ
panelComposition three lay members in most cases ⓘ
partyRepresentation parties may appear without lawyer ⓘ
positionInHierarchy below district courts of Norway ⓘ
first instance in many civil cases ⓘ
primaryFunction conciliation ⓘ
mediation ⓘ
settlement of disputes ⓘ
procedureCharacteristic informal procedure ⓘ
simplified rules of evidence ⓘ
supervisedBy Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security ⓘ
typicalCaseType consumer disputes ⓘ
neighbour disputes ⓘ
simple contract disputes ⓘ
small claims ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Norway → hasAlternativeDisputeResolutionBody → Conciliation Boards of Norway ⓘ