Supreme Administrative Court of Finland

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (korkein hallinto-oikeus in Finnish, högsta förvaltningsdomstolen in Swedish) is the highest court in the Finnish administrative court system, parallel to the Supreme Court of Finland. Its jurisdiction covers the legality of the decisions of government officials, and its decisions are final. Appeals reach it from the Regional Administrative Courts and the Finnish Government, and it also hears appeals from the Market Court on matters of competition, supervision and procurement. In administrative matters it alone has the power to grant the extraordinary means of appeal, which are the annulment of a decision, a complaint against it, and an extension of an already lapsed time of appeal. Each party bears its own legal costs in the court unless it is reasonable to award the prevailing party all or part of them, but when an authority prevails against a private claimant it must bear all its own costs unless the private party made a frivolous claim.