Complaints about lawyers
A Disciplinary Committee is active under the auspices of the Icelandic Bar Association.
The tasks of the Lawyers' Disciplinary Committee
- To deal with a dispute between a lawyer and his Client concerning the right to and amount of payment for the lawyer's work.
- To deal with a complaint against a lawyer from a party regarding conduct that may constitute a violation of the Laws or the Codex Ethicus (Lawyers' code of conduct).
You must submit a complaint within a year after it is possible to communicate it to the committee. Otherwise, the committee will reject the submission.
When submitting a case to the committee, the plaintiff must pay a court fee of ISK 12.500, which must be transferred to the Bar Association's account no. 0334-26-1207, ID number 450269-2209. Please send a receipt to the email address urskurdarnefnd@lmfi.is. If the committee rules in favour of the plaintiff, the court fee will be refunded.
To submit a complaint, you need to use an electronic ID.
You can also send a complaint by e-mail to urskurdarnefnd@lmfi.is using this form, which you must then sign. If there is more than one plaintiff, everyone must sign the complaint unless the person who signs it provides a power of attorney that they are authorized to sign the complaint on behalf of others. Any documents on paper must also be sent to the committee electronically to the e-mail address urskurdarnefnd@lmfi.is.