The Supreme Court has rejected the application of Metsähallitus for leave to appeal in the raw wood case
Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 29 January 2019 at 10:15 am EETIn May 2018, the Helsinki Court of Appeal rendered its judgement in a case in which Metsähallitus claimed the judgment of the Helsinki District court rendered in June 2016 to be overturned as well as damages from Metsäliitto Cooperative, Stora Enso Oyj and UPM-Kymmene Corporation based on their conduct on the raw wood market 1997–2004. In its judgment, the Court of Appeal found that Metsähallitus has not presented evidence that the conduct of the companies had price reducing effects and thus the Court of Appeal rejected the