They further pointed to the fact that expert witnesses were put on oath when they testified in that capacity, in order to stress their independence.

This meant that it was easier for persons who worked part-time to obtain a benefit if they devoted their free time to leisure activities rather than to household tasks.

On 21 June 2007 the Constitutional Court revoked the impugned provisions, finding that they did not afford appropriate protection to creditors (decision U-I-117/07).

    The Government maintained that the applicant had validly waived his rights under Article 6 in opting for a summary trial and, in any event, that there had been no violation of that provision

He was told by the police that they had carried out the shooting and that he was the intended target.

Even if they did, the Court finds that neither of them provided adequate redress as required by its case law. 32.

    However, were the Court to find that there had been an interference, the Government contended that it was based on the laws regulating ownership.

    On 19 August 2010 the Sabail District Court dismissed the defendants’ appeals as inadmissible, finding that they had been lodged outside the procedural time-limit and that the defendants

Moreover, they submitted that they had been told by a representative of the local authorities that the Municipality did not have time to deal with their request and that they could hold their protest as

The applicants maintained, on the contrary, that they had shown due diligence. 34.

It found that there was no evidence, medical or otherwise, to support the theory that the injuries had been caused by ill-treatment rather than by a fall from the window. 23.

Then the unmasked servicemen said to their colleagues that they should leave the applicant's house as no men were to be found there.

The applicants submitted that they had made a prima facie case that their relative had been abducted by State agents and that the essential facts underlying their complaints had not been challenged by

The applicant could not have requested that judge’s withdrawal earlier than after the Supreme Court’s judgment had been given essentially because she had learned that he sat on the bench of that court

been taken into account, notably the fact that they have a different mother tongue than Romanian.

The rule of exhaustion of domestic remedies is based on the assumption – reflected in Article 13 of the Convention, with which it has close affinity – that there is an effective remedy available in respect

    However, the fact that the ECHR will not in general apply to disciplinary proceedings does not mean that there is not, in theory, a risk it could apply in certain circumstances. ... 7.

Street no. 32, confirmed that the applicant had indeed not been living there for years.

They claimed to have been convinced that the victim was the suspect they were looking for and that they only realised their mistake after he had been shot.