JUDGMENT Platini v. Switzerland 05.03.2020 (no. 526/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Michel Platini, a former professional football player, president of UEFA and vice-president of FIFA. Disciplinary proceedings had been brought against him in respect of a salary “supplement” of 2 million Swiss francs (CHF), received in 2011 in the context of a verbal […]
JUDGMENT Peleki v. Greece 05.03.2020 (no. 69291/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, a notary by profession, after she was instrumental in the conveyance of State property to a monastery. The Court found that sufficiently thorough judicial scrutiny had been exercised by the Court of Appeal, which had remedied the […]
JUDGMENT Lobzhanidze and Peradze v. Georgia 27.02.2020 (no. 21447/11 and 35839/11) see here SUMMARY Evidence, Appointment of Attorney, Appeal and Fair Trial. The applicants were convicted of forgery for a virtual sale of real estate. In addition, the first applicant was charged with the offense of bribery of judicial officers for attempting to influence a […]
JUDGMENT Paixão Moreira Sá Fernandes v. Portugal 25.2.2020 (no. 78108/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s conviction for recording a conversation with a businessman who was offering him money to ensure that his brother, a Lisbon City Councillor, would withdraw his opposition to a contract that the businessman wished to conclude with the […]
JUDGMENT Mehmet Zeki Çelebi v. Turkey 28.1.2020 (no. 27582/07) see here SUMMARY Fair trial and representation by a lawyer. The applicant was arrested on charges of involvement in terrorist organization, extortion and premeditated homicide. At the pretrial stage he requested legal representation but was not required by law and his apology was in the absence […]
JUDGMENT Lobarev and others v. Russia 28.01.2020 (no. 10355/09, 14358/11, 12934/12, 76458/12, 25684/13 and 49429/14) see here SUMMARY Fair trial and reading of testimony of absent witnesses. The applicants are Russian nationals. During the criminal trial in which they were indicted, pre-trial testimonies of absent witnesses were read and their conviction was heard. They complained about […]
JUDGMENT Alexandru Marian Iancu v. Romania 04.02.2020 (no. 60858/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s allegation that a judge who had been involved in convicting him in two sets of connected proceedings could not be impartial. The Court found that aside from the alleged similarity between the two sets of proceedings against […]
JUDGMENT Felloni v. Italy 06.02.2020 (no. 44221/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned criminal proceedings which led to Mr Felloni’s conviction for driving while unfit through drink. Mr Felloni alleged that his prison sentence was the result of the retrospective application of harsher criminal legislation. In particular, he complained that he had not been granted […]
JUDGMENT Şamat v. Turkey 21.01.2020 (no. 29115/07) see here SUMMARY Res judicata and legal certainty. The applicants, already deceased, in 1989 and 1994 purchased a plot of land near a forest area in Istanbul., which had already been declared non-forest by a 1979 decision. Following a recent report by the cadastral office in the area, […]
JUDGMENT Ali Riza and others v. Turkey 28.01.2020 (no. 30226/10, 17880/11, 17887/11, 17891/11 and 5506/16) see here SUMMARY Football disputes and violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the lack of independence and impartiality of the body, the Arbitration Committee of […]
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