Precedents

A precedent may be published if it is a decision which is significant for the application of the law in other similar cases or is otherwise of legal significance.

Summaries of decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court, considered as having value as precedents, have been published since 1918. The summaries are always written in the language that was used as the language of proceedings in the case, i.e. in either Finnish or Swedish. On this web page we publish translations of some summaries in English. English translations are not published for all precedents.

  • KHO:2025:2

    Environmental protection – Climate change – Climate Act planning system – Annual Climate Report – Additional measures – Appealability of the decision – Appeal against inaction – Access to the Court – European Convention on Human Rights – Division of State powers – Role of the court

  • KHO:2024:15

    Immigration affairs – Residence permit – Student – Researcher – University degree – Doctorate – Postgraduate studies – Right to study – Interpretative effect of the Directive