What are the rules of appeal against a judgment of a civil court of Finland?
Over a district court judgment, appeal is made to a court of appeal. Notice of intention to appeal must be filed within seven days, and the appeal itself must be filed within 30 days from judgment. The courts of appeal apply a preliminary screening procedure whereby the clearly unmeritorious appeals can be summarily dismissed. Over an appeal court judgment, leave to appeal has to be sought from the Supreme Court. The limited grounds for granting leave to appeal are that the case has value as a precedent; that a fault in the proceedings has occurred based on which the judgment should be annulled; or other weighty reason. The application for leave to appeal together with the substantive appeal must be filed within 60 days. For judgments rendered by the specialised courts, the appeal proceedings vary.
