Lawyer Lars Kirstein Pedersen loses Randers court beneficium from 31 December

Lars Kirstein Pedersen, an advokat practising from Grenaa, is exempted from his beneficium at Retten i Randers with effect from 31 December 2026. The exemption is announced in Statstidende of 10 November 2026, in the section Diverse · Afskedigelser og udnævnelser, under reference S06112026-96. The notice states the effective date and the court concerned, and gives no reason for the decision.

A one-line notice with immediate professional effect

The announcement follows the standard, terse form used by Statstidende for changes to the list of beneficerede advokater: a single sentence naming the court and the date, followed by the lawyer’s name, professional title and town. Lars Kirstein Pedersen is listed with the title advokat and the town Grenaa.

A beneficium is the standing appointment that allows a lawyer to be assigned to parties who have free process (fri proces) and to be appointed as public defender (offentlig forsvarer) before a specific court. Exemption means the lawyer no longer holds that standing appointment at Retten i Randers from the turn of the year, and therefore falls outside the pool from which that court draws counsel in publicly funded cases.

Two beneficier were advertised at the same court four days earlier

The exemption was published four days after Retten i Randers advertised two vacant beneficier. In Statstidende of 6 November 2026 (reference S04112026-68), the court announced two positions as public defender and for parties with free process, covering cases heard at Retten i Randers and, on appeal in first-instance cases from that court, at Vestre Landsret. The application deadline in that notice is 4 December 2026, and applications are to be sent to Retten i Randers, Nørregade 1, 8900 Randers, addressed to Civilstyrelsen and marked for the præsidentsekretariat.

Under that notice the appointment route runs from the byretspræsident to the Civilstyrelsen, via the president of Vestre Landsret, after statements from the Advokatrådet, Civilstyrelsen and the relevant police director, plus criminal-register information. Applicants must consent to those checks.

Ten-year terms and a ministry circular on selection

According to the same 6 November notice, a beneficium is granted for a period of 10 years, and the appointment carries a duty to appear in person in assigned cases. The notice also reproduces the selection criteria set out by Justitsministeriet in cirkulæreskrivelse nr. 9418 of 30 June 2020: weight is given to experience in criminal cases, rights of audience before a landsret, procedural experience including civil cases, and demonstrated skill and commitment, with the geographic spread of lawyers in the court district and the speedy conduct of cases also counting.

Other exemptions from beneficium carried in Statstidende in the same period:

• Karen Gøtzsche, advokat, Nykøbing Falster — exempted at Retten i Nykøbing Falster from 31 December 2026 (Statstidende, 2 September 2026).
• Charlotte Kjærgaard, advokat, Ringe — exempted at Retten i Svendborg from 1 January 2027 (Statstidende, 23 October 2026).
• Lars Fredslund, cand.jur., Randers — his antagelse as beneficeret advokat at Retten i Randers lapsed on 1 October 2026, when his advokatbeskikkelse of 2 January 1991 was deposited with Civilstyrelsen (Statstidende, 14 October 2026).

The 10 November notice concerns the beneficium only. It says nothing about Lars Kirstein Pedersen’s separate appearances in Statstidende as skifterettens medhjælper at Retten i Randers in debt-restructuring (gældssanering) cases, where he is listed with the address Passagen 4, 8500 Grenaa, in announcements dated 2 September, 8 September and 27 October 2026.

Why the entry matters

For readers in the Randers court district, the entry changes who can be assigned in publicly funded criminal and civil cases from 1 January 2027: one name leaves the court’s beneficium list while two places on it are open for application until 4 December 2026. For the profession, it is a reminder that beneficium appointments are administrative and time-limited, and that their termination is published by name, court and date in the official gazette.

Source: Statstidende, 10 November 2026, Diverse · Afskedigelser og udnævnelser (official reference: S06112026-96).