Litigation
Norrbom Vinding’s litigators are among the most skilled litigators in Denmark
Norrbom Vinding is unrivalled in its position as the law firm in Denmark which most often represents employers and management in the national courts on labour and employment-related issues.
We often argue our clients' cases several times each week before the Danish Labour Court, civil courts, public servants courts, industrial tribunals, dismissals tribunals, etc.
We are seeing an increasing interest in our qualifications and experience related to conducting cases before the ordinary courts and arbitration tribunals. Even though our core competence is labour and employment law, we also focus on developing our litigation capabilities to cover other areas than just labour and employment law. For example, court cases and arbitration proceedings often require a high level of knowledge on procedural as well as arbitration law and practice – and we also use such knowledge and capabilities in other areas than labour and employment law.
We recently
- successfully conducted a landmark case before the Danish Supreme Court on whether the special provisions of the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act concerning wages to under-18s are incompatible with EU law
- successfully conducted a case before the Danish Supreme Court on pensions – more specifically, the interpretation and construction of the contractual regulation of pensions for municipal employees
- conducted a number of cases before the Danish Board of Equal Treatment and the ordinary courts concerning dismissal of pilots due to age
- represented Local Government Denmark and the Danish local authorities in the special complex of test cases, initially before the Danish Eastern High Court and then the Danish Supreme Court, concerning the implications of the provisions of the Danish Salaried Employees Act on termination pay
- conducted or arbitrated a number of cases about managers and executives
- conducted an arbitration case concerning copyrights governed by a collective agreement
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Betydningen af et samtykke
En kommune blev frifundet for to borgeres krav om tortgodtgørelse i forbindelse med en sag, hvor en kommunalpolitikers barn blev anbragt uden for hjemmet.
Årsagssammenhæng over tid
Der var ikke årsagssammenhæng mellem en omsorgsmedhjælpers arbejdsulykke og et efterfølgende sygefravær og indtægtstab.
Registration of working hours – changes to the Executive Order on Rest Periods etc. submitted for consultation
Draft amendments to the Executive Order on Rest Periods and the Executive Order on Systematic Working Environment Work have been submitted for consultation. Among other things, it is proposed to align the exemption for the so-called self-organisers.
Extended leave for twin parents – bill adopted
The Parliament has adopted the bill implementing the political agreement on 13 weeks of additional leave with parental benefits for twin parents and adoptive parents.
In, or not in, fertility treatment?
An employee who was planning to undergo fertility treatment but had not yet started the treatment was not covered by the special protection against dismissal in the Equal Treatment Act.
No collective agreement, no shop steward – judgment by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently upheld the Eastern High Court’s ruling establishing that a shop steward’s function ended at the time of a business transfer because the transferee had renounced the collective agreement.
Change in maternity leave terms gave rise to compensation
A pregnant employee was entitled to compensation under the Equal Treatment Act as a result of a material change to her maternity leave terms even though she had not left her position.
Adjustments to occupational schemes under the Aliens Act – bill submitted for consultation
A draft bill to simplify certain occupational schemes under the Aliens Act – including the requirement for a Danish bank account – has been sent out for consultation. The rules are expected to take effect on 1 July 2024.