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KKO VL:2026-204 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal regarding director's personal ban under unfair competition law for using improper expressions.

Case Number KKO VL:2026-204
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal against the Market Court's decision to impose a personal ban on a company's CEO for using expressions deemed contrary to the Unfair Competition Act. The Market Court had barred both the company and its director from continuing or renewing proceedings involving such expressions, raising the specific question of whether the personal ban under Section 6(2) was warranted. The court decided to allow the appeal to determine if the director's personal liability for the company's actions met the strict criteria for a personal prohibition.

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Unfair Competition Act 2004, Section 2; Section 6(2): A personal ban may be imposed on a company's representative only if the improper conduct is attributable to them personally and the ban is necessary to prevent further harm to market order.

Keywords

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unfair competition law personal ban company director liability improper expressions market order protection procedural fairness leave to appeal

Cited Legislation

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Unfair Competition Act 2004, Section 2
Unfair Competition Act 2004, Section 6(2)
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Markkinaoikeus oli kieltänyt osakeyhtiötä ja sen toimitusjohtajaa jatkamasta tai

uudistamasta menettelyä, jossa ne käyttivät tiettyjä ilmaisuja, jotka oli katsottu

sopimattomasta menettelystä elinkeinotoiminnassa annetun lain 2 §:n vastaisiksi.

Kysymys siitä, oliko asiassa erityistä syytä kohdistaa mainitun lain 6 §:n mukainen

kielto pykälän 2 momentin nojalla osakeyhtiön toimitusjohtajaan.

Valituslupakortti sisältää kuvauksen siitä kysymyksestä, johon liittyen asiassa on

myönnetty valituslupa. Sen sisältö ei sido korkeinta oikeutta eikä rajoita asian

käsittelyä siltä osin kuin valituslupa on myönnetty.