Supreme Court dismisses appeal regarding land surveyor's conflict of interest when owning shares in the subject land. Appeal rejected due to lack of direct personal interest in the specific dispute outcome.
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AI generatedThe Supreme Court of Finland dismissed the appeal against the Land Surveyors' Board's decision regarding a conflict of interest. The appellant, a land surveyor, owned shares in a cooperative that held the land in question, while the opposing party argued this created an unavoidable bias. The court ruled that mere share ownership in a cooperative holding the land did not constitute a direct personal interest in the specific administrative decision, thus no conflict existed.
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AI generatedLand Surveyors Act 1993, s. 10; Land Surveyors' Code of Conduct, s. 10: Ownership of shares in a cooperative holding the subject land does not constitute a direct personal interest requiring recusal from a specific administrative decision.
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