The applicant had made those remarks wilfully and without a sufficient factual basis.

and the matters of parental responsibility (“the Brussels IIa Regulation”).

   On 14 January 1980, the applicant’s solicitor again pressed the Official Solicitor to proceed in the matter since no further steps had been taken with regard to the proposed adoption proceedings

The investigating judge assigned to the case did not take any steps.

The applicant’s grandmother was severely injured and unfit to travel and told the applicant to make her own way to safety.

The authorities must have taken all reasonable steps to secure the evidence concerning the incident.

  Changes have also been made in the United Kingdom in the practice relating to prison disciplinary tribunals.

The Court finds it curious in the instant case that for over twenty years the applicant company took no steps to obtain its compensation.

The facility administration had not taken any steps to rectify the situation.

She had taken a couple of steps and had fallen down. The applicant had become scared. He had gone to the bedroom and fallen asleep on the floor.

It is not clear whether the authorities took any subsequent steps in the context of these proceedings.

had been made the previous day.

No serious efforts had been made to trace S.N. when he had gone missing between 1997 and 1998. No attempt had been made to test I.M.’s and I.I.’s statements.

Ms J. having accepted, she interviewed two medical specialists to have their opinion on the matter, without disclosing Dr D.’s identity.

Furthermore, at the time the order was made the applicant had not yet been remanded in custody.

In such circumstances, the defendant’s competency in the third language should be ascertained before the decision to use it for the purpose of interpretation was made.

  Summary of the facts   On 2 October 1990 Mr Sliti was sentenced by Marseilles Criminal Court to four years’ imprisonment and an order was made permanently excluding him from French territory

The applicant arranged for his own 400‑page manuscript to be removed from the prison without the knowledge of the prison authorities but, although copies were made, no steps were taken to publish it.

from reporting on such matters was entirely abstract.