diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/web/messages/Core/errors.ts b/apps/judicial-system/web/messages/Core/errors.ts
index 02927f00f07f..b2f48b364cdd 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/web/messages/Core/errors.ts
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/web/messages/Core/errors.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ export const errors = defineMessages({
     description:
       'Notaður sem villuskilaboð þegar ekki gengur að sækja lögmanna skrá',
   },
+  fetchLawyer: {
+    id: 'judicial.system.core:errors.fetch_lawyer',
+    defaultMessage: 'Upp kom villa við að sækja lögmann úr lögmanna skrá',
+    description:
+      'Notaður sem villuskilaboð þegar ekki gengur að sækja lögmann úr lögmanna skrá',
+  },
   copyLink: {
     id: 'judicial.system.core:errors.copy_link',
     defaultMessage: 'Ekki tókst að afrita hlekk',
diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/utils/hooks/useLawyers/useLawyers.ts b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/utils/hooks/useLawyers/useLawyers.ts
index cb2d452f234c..5d9a9bcdcf03 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/utils/hooks/useLawyers/useLawyers.ts
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/utils/hooks/useLawyers/useLawyers.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export const useGetLawyer = (
   nationalId?: string | null,
   shouldFetch?: boolean,
 ): Lawyer | undefined => {
+  const { formatMessage } = useIntl()
+
   const fetcher = (url: string): Promise<Lawyer> =>
     fetch(url).then((res) => {
       if (!res.ok) {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ export const useGetLawyer = (
       return res.json()
     })
 
-  const { data } = useSWR<Lawyer>(
+  const { data, error } = useSWR<Lawyer>(
     nationalId && shouldFetch
       ? `/api/defender/lawyerRegistry/${nationalId}`
       : null,
@@ -63,5 +65,10 @@ export const useGetLawyer = (
     },
   )
 
+  if (error) {
+    toast.error(formatMessage(errorMessages.fetchLawyer))
+    return undefined
+  }
+
   return data
 }