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The statistics on courts of appeal describe the civil and criminal cases pending and concluded during the year. Most of the cases handled by courts of appeal are appeals against decisions of district courts. The party wanting to appeal against a decision of a district court must express dissatisfaction with the decision within seven days of the day when the decision of the district court was announced or given. The time allowed for lodging an appeal is 30 days from the day of the decision of the district court. In some cases courts of appeal are also courts of first instance. In criminal cases these include high treason and treason, and matters concerning officials in high positions. Courts of appeal also handle certain civil cases as courts of first instance. There are six courts of appeal, those of Helsinki, Eastern Finland, Vaasa, Turku, Kouvola and Rovaniemi.
Civil and criminal cases concluded at courts of appeal according to decision and type of case by court of appeal district, work account data and time taken to reach the decision. In respect of civil cases, also data on total time taken by case handling from arrival at district court to decision of court of appeal, and in criminal cases average time taken from commitment of offence to decision of court of appeal, consideration of charges and pretrial investigation. In respect of criminal cases, not data could be obtained in approximately one-third of cases on the time taken by overall handling, consideration of charges and pretrial investigation.
Nomenclature of civil cases. Nomenclature of criminal cases (3-digit level), Coding of district courts, Coding of courts of appeal.
Case diary of courts of appeal supplied by the Information Management Centre of Judicial Administration.
Annually.
Final data are ready in September of the year following the statistical reference year.
Corresponding statistics on civil and criminal cases handled by courts of appeal have previously been published in 1998. In respect of civil cases, corresponding statistics have been published in the Yearbook of Justice Statistics since 1997.
civil procedure, courts, courts of justice, courts of appeal, criminal matters, district courts
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Last updated 12.08.2011
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