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There are 27 district courts in Finland. A district court is headed by the chief judge (Finnish: laamanni, Swedish: lagman) and other judges (käräjätuomari, tingsdomare) who have the title of district judge. In certain cases, the district court may also have lay judges (lautamies, nämndeman). The cases are handled and resolved either in a ...
The Supreme Court of Finland (Finnish: korkein oikeus [ˈkorkei̯n ˈoi̯keus], abbreviated as KKO; Swedish: högsta domstolen, abbreviated as HD), located in Helsinki, is the court of last resort for cases within the private law of Finland (that is, civil and criminal cases).
Municipalities and regions map of Finland (2007). Black borders refer to municipalities, red to regions. Municipalities (which may also call themselves towns or cities) account for half of public spending. Spending is financed by municipal income tax, state subsidies, and other revenue.
Supreme Court of Finland; T. Tingsrätt This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 07:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Department is responsible for the performance guidance of the courts, the National Administrative Office for Enforcement, the public legal aid and guardianship districts, the Office of the Bankruptcy Ombudsman, and the Consumer Disputes Board. In addition, the Department is entrusted with certain duties of international judicial assistance.
Supreme Court Courts of Appeal District Courts; Administrative Courts ... Egentliga Finland: FI-19 Turku: 10,663 483,477 Åland: Ahvenanmaa: Åland: AX and FI-01 ...
The courts of appeal in Sweden and in Finland, also known as hovrätt in Swedish and hovioikeus in Finnish (literally 'Royal Court'), deal with appeals against decisions of the district courts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They also are responsible for supervising the operations of the district courts in their judicial district.
Appeals against decisions by authorities are considered in six regional administrative courts, with the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland as the court of last instance. [30] The President appoints all professional judges for life. Municipal councils appoint lay judges to district courts.