Annulment

The Supreme Administrative Court may annul a final administrative decision or the final decision of an administrative court, if:

• the interested party has not been given the right to be heard, or there has been some other procedural irregularity in the processing of the case;
• the decision is based on apparently incorrect application of the law or on an error that may have materially affected the decision;
• new information has come to light that could have had a material effect on the case, and the fact that the information was not submitted in good time is not attributable to the applicant;
• the decision is so unclear or incomplete that it does not make it clear how the case was resolved.

A decision may only be annulled if it infringes upon the rights of a private individual or if the public interest requires that it be annulled.

An application for annulment requires legal counsel

In a case concerning the annulment of a decision, any applicant other than a public authority or an administrative court must be represented by an attorney-at-law, public legal adviser or licensed legal counsel as defined in the Licensed Legal Counsel Act.

A party to legal proceedings may apply for a decision in the same case to be annulled only once, unless there are particularly compelling grounds for the case to be re-examined.