27 feb. 2026
Højesteret
No legal interest in challenging scheduling decision
T had no legal interest in an appeal concerning the scheduling of appeal proceedings, as he had withdrawn his appeal after it had been scheduled
Case no. 74/2025
Order made on 12 February 2026
The Prosecution Service
vs.
T
On 2 December 2024, the District Court of Glostrup sentenced T to imprisonment for 20 years for, among other things, smuggling and distributing drugs, as well as several cases of illegal possession of firearms. During the proceedings, T was arrested in Sweden on 8 April 2022, and on 13 April 2022, he was transferred to Denmark where he had since been remanded in custody. T appealed the District Court’s judgment, claiming dismissal.
By letter of 14 March 2025, the High Court notified him that the main hearing in the case had been scheduled for 17 court days, with the judgment expected to be delivered on 9 June 2027. In addition, the High Court ordered that T was to be held in pre-trial detention pending judgment in the appeal proceedings.
T brought the High Court’s scheduling decision of 14 March 2025 before the Supreme Court, claiming, among other things, that it infringed his right to a hearing within a reasonable time under Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
T subsequently withdrew his appeal, and the High Court cancelled the main hearing.
In light of these facts, the Supreme Court found that T did not have a legal interest in seeking review of whether it would have constituted an infringement of his rights under Article 6(1) of the European Human Rights Convention if the main hearing in the appeal proceedings had been conducted in accordance with the schedule set for April, May and June 2027.
The Supreme Court thus dismissed the appeal.