Lawyers

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Ex officio appointment of lawyers and non-acceptance of their appointment. The lawyers were sentenced to a fine in absentia for contempt of the Court. No infringement of the ECHR.

JUDGMENT  Gestur Jónsson and Ragnar Halldór Hall v. Iceland 30.10.2018 (no.  68273/14 and 68271/14) see here PROVISIONS Article 6 Article  7 Article 2 of Protocol n. 7 SUMMARY The case concerned the imposition of fines on the applicants after they resigned as defence counsel in a criminal case. The Court found in particular that the […]

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The re-seizure of business related items which were handed over to the applicant’s lawyer before the latter could communicate with him did not provide sufficient guarantees against arbitrariness.

JUDGMENT Visy v. Slovakia 16.10.2018 (no.  70288/13) see here SUMMARY Investigation and confiscation of items without a legal warrant. The items were returned to the applicant’s lawyer and subsequently confiscated with a new warrant. The re-seizure of business objects, including legal documents protected by the client-client privacy relationship, which were returned to the lawyer rather […]

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Procedural defects in a search of a lawyer’s office: violation of the right to respect for one’s home

JUDGMENT Leotsakos v. Greece 4.10.2018 (no. 30958/13) see here   SUMMARY The case concerned a search of the professional premises of a lawyer (Mr Leotsakos) and the seizure of several items and documents in the framework of a criminal investigation concerning him personally. The Court found in particular that the procedural defects were such that the […]

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A disciplinary visit by the Chair of the Bar Council to a lawyer’s office did not breach the Convention

JUDGMENT Tuheiava v. France 20.09.2018  (no. 25038/13) see here SUMMARY  The case concerned a lawyer who complained about a visit by the Chair of the Bar Council to his professional premises during his absence. The decision is final. The Court reiterated that, while lawyers must have particular protection in discharging their professional duties, it was […]

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Lawyers and human rights defenders under the protection of the ECHR

JUDGMENT Aliyev v. Azerbaijan 20.09.2018  (no. 68762/14 and 71200/14) see here SUMMARY Lawyers-human rights defenders. An lawyer is arrested and detained for financial irregularities by the legal organization he was the chairman. Infringement of the right to liberty and security as he was deprived of his liberty without valid indications of guilt and the domestic […]

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Disciplinary sanctions and the violation of the fair trial by the national court that did not postpone the examination of the case and declared the Cancellation Application unacceptable

JUDGMENT Vathakos v. Greece 28.06.2018 (no. 20235/11) see here  SUMMARY  Disciplinary sanctions against a secondary school teacher for violation of professional duties. Convicted by a disciplinary court. No objection to the decision. After the expiry of the deadline for objection by the official, the Minister of Education raised an objection to the imposition of a […]

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Application for postponement of a lawyer’s imprisonment. Rejection of a request and delivery of a decision in absentia of the party

JUDGMENT  Bartaia v. Georgia  26.7.2018 (no. 10978/06) see here  SUMMARY  Examination of a case in which the applicant’s lawyer could not attend. A postponement was requested on the ground that the applicant’s lawyer was at the same time handling another case in another court. The claim was dismissed and the case was adjudicated in absentia. […]

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Attorneys are not admitted to the Bar Association because of their critical statements about the status of lawyers. Violation of freedom of expression.

JUDGMENT  Hajibeyli and Aliyev v. Azerbaijan 19.04.2018 (no. 6477/08 and 10414/08) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression of lawyer. Rejection of a request for membership of a Bar Association due to views they had expressed and criticized the status of the legal profession in their own country. Violation of Article 10 (Freedom of Expression) and […]

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