JUDGMENT Bátěk and Others v. the Czech Republic (no. 54146/09) 12.01.2017 see here SUMMARY The applicants, customs officials, were convicted for abuse of powers and for acceptance of bribes. The case concerned the admission of evidence in their trial by anonymous witnesses and witnesses who were absent. The secret police agent used by the authorities […]
JUDGMENT Korzeniak v. Poland (no. 56134/08) 10.01.2017 see here SUMMARY Fair trial. Unbiased court. Participation in the hearing of the case in the Supreme Court of Cassation, which conducted the same case at the Court of Appeal renders the trial unfair in its particular expression of the non-impartiality of the Supreme Court of Cassation due […]
JUDGMENT Paulikas v. Lithuania (application no. 57435/09) see here SUMMARY Fair trial and presumption of innocence. Extensive event coverage by the media before the trial of the case. The case concerned the criminal trial and conviction of Mr Paulikas, in relation to a car accident in which his vehicle had killed three ten-year-old children. Mr […]
JUDGMENT Dvorski v. Croatia 20.10.15 (no. 25703/11) see here SUMMARY: The case concerned the refusal by the police to allow a lawyer hired by the applicant’s parents to represent him while he was being questioned at a police station on suspicion of multiple murder, armed robbery and arson. The applicant confessed to the offences after […]
JUDGMENT Μ. and Μ. v. Croatia 03.09.2015 (no. 10161/13) see here SUMMARY: The case M. and M. v. Croatia (application no. 10161/13) concerned a custody dispute, including allegations of child abuse by the father. The applicants, a mother and her daughter, complained in particular that the national authorities had failed to remove the child from […]
JUDGMENT Vamvakas v. Greece 09.04.2015 (no. 2870/11) see here SUMMARY: The case concerned the unexplained absence of the applicant’s assigned counsel from a Court of Cassation hearing in the criminal proceedings against him. The Court found that the Court of Cassation had failed to ensure practical and effective respect for Mr Vamvakas’ defence rights. When […]
JUDGMENT: A.T v. Luxembourg 09.04.2015 (no. 30460/13) see here SUMMARY: The case concerned the failure to provide A.T. with effective legal assistance after he was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant, during both the police interview and his first appearance before the investigating judge. The Court found in particular that, as regards the police interview, […]
JUDGMENT: Kapetanios and others v. Greece 30.04.2015 (nos. 3453/12, 42941/12, 9028/13) see here SUMMARY: The case concerned the imposition of administrative fines on individuals accused of contraband who had been acquitted of a criminal offence. The Court found in particular that the fact of ordering the three applicants to pay administrative fines, even though they […]
JUDGMENT: Lhermitte v. Belgium 26.05.2015 (no. 34238/09) see here SUMMARY: The case concerned the reasons given by the Assize Court for the conviction of a mother who had killed her five children. The Court noted that the jury – which had answered the questions put by the president of the Assize Court – had not […]
JUDGMENT: Sanader v. Croatia 12.02.2015 (no. 66408/12) see here SUMMARY The case essentially concerned the complaint by a man convicted in his absence of war crimes – committed in 1991 as a participant in Serb paramilitary forces – that he was unable to obtain a rehearing of his case. The Court found that the possibilities […]
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