Homeowners lose to the state in the case of the it-chaos in the land registration

the State goes free in a big case on liability and compensation for it chaos with the disclosure in 2009.

the Supreme court has Monday acquitted the commission. Thus, when the seven judges to the same result as The high Court in 2019.

A large number of homeowners lost money because of the chaotic modes, since digital recording was introduced. And, therefore, was an association which undertook to conduct the case as a so-called class action lawsuit.

the Supreme court does not consider, however, that the association has adduced evidence that the state committed significant or clear error, since the system was implemented.

Approximately 400 homeowners and others had joined the case, which was led by the class action.now.

the Introduction of the digital land registration has also been assessed by other agencies. The auditor general found that there was a højrisikoprojekt.

In the Supreme court puts the judges emphasis that the framework for the project was provided by law and in records, which had been adopted by the Danish parliament's Finance committee.

from Here, it was determined that the task of land registration should only be undertaken by a new unit in Dundee, and that the operation should be extended to the whole country at once, which was called the 'big bang', and without a pilot.

It was not binding on the commission, the agency has not said from and tried to change the conditions which Parliament had laid down, says the judgment.

the Country's supreme court says that the task of making tinglysningen digital was very intricate. It is almost impossible to avoid prolonged processing times.

the reason the judges have sharpened the requirement to be able to get condemned the authorities as liable. The delay must be substantial, and, moreover, the cause must be substantive and clear maladministration.

However, those stringent standard of proof, the citizens in the case of not been able to live up to.

Shortly after the pronouncement of the judgment on Monday, writes the commission in a press release that, during a transitional period 'saw a number of users, regrettably, longer processing time'.

In 2009, acknowledged the authorities, to approximately 47.000 cases hung in tinglysningen. Danish Boligadvokater believed that the delays could cost up to a half a billion dollars in extra interest payments.