Oikeuskäytäntö

  • Tapaustiedot
    • Kansallinen tunniste: Supreme Court, Judgement 26/2020 (final)
    • Jäsenvaltio: Suomi
    • Lyhytnimi:N/A
    • Päätöksen tyyppi: Korkeimman oikeuden päätös
    • Päätöksen päivämäärä: 25/03/2020
    • Tuomioistuin: Korkein oikeus
    • Aihe:
    • Kantaja:
    • Vastaaja:
    • Avainsanat: national law, misleading actions, real estate, information obligation
  • Direktiivin artiklat
    Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 6
  • Ylähuomautus

    ECLI:FI:KKO:2020:26


    The buyers purchased shares in a housing company that had recently undergone a plumbing repair. The buyers sought damages from a real estate agency claiming that their agent had not fulfilled its obligation to properly inform and provide them with sufficient information regarding the payment resulting from the plumbing repair. The Supreme Court held that the agent had provided sufficient information for the buyers and enhanced the obligation of a diligent buyer to resolve certain types of unclarities on its own initiative, and rejected the buyers’ claim for damages.

  • Taustatiedot

    The buyers bought shares in a housing company that entitled them to manage an apartment in a building which recently had undergone a plumbing repair. The buyers had not understood that the housing shares were subject to share of the company’s loan for plumbing repair in addition to the debt-free purchase price stated in the brochure and in the sales contract.

  • Oikeudellinen kysymys

    The question before the Supreme Court was whether the real estate agency had failed to fulfill its obligation to provide information to the buyers, i.e., the counterparties of the real estate agency’s agent, and whether, on the basis of any failure to do so, it was required to pay them damages.

  • Ratkaisu

    The Turku Court of Appeal had held, contrary to the District Court, that the marketing of the apartment had not been manifestly inconsistent with Section 8(1)(15) of the Government Decree on Required Information in Real Estate and Rental Premises Marketing (130/2001), Chapter 6 of the Housing Transactions Act (843/1994) and Chapter 2, Section 6 of the Consumer Protection Act (38/1978). The Supreme Court held that the financial liabilities associated with the shares had not been properly disclosed in the brochure. However, before the transaction, the agent had provided sufficient information on the housing company’s loan and its subsequent granulation, as well as an estimate of the payment of the apartment in question. Therefore, the agent had, according to the Supreme Court, provided sufficient information, on the basis of which a diligent buyer would have been able to foresee all the payments, and thus the agent of the real estate agency had fulfilled the obligation to provide information.

    URL: https://korkeinoikeus.fi/fi/index/ennakkopaatokset/1585047754959.html

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  • Hakutulos

    The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Turku Court of Appeal and rejected the buyers’ claim for damages.