The first applicant’s case had been thoroughly examined by the domestic authorities, he had been heard both at his asylum interview and before an immigration judge and had been legally represented on appeal

The applicants had been fully involved and legally represented throughout the proceedings.

He explained that he had legally acquired the two ingots which had a value of EUR 500. He had kept them on him in order to prevent their theft during the bus trip.

Dzerzhinskiy District Court of St   Petersburg upheld the judgment disregarding the applicant’s arguments who insisted that the attack had a homophobic character and that it had to be characterised legally

In addition, the Supreme Administrative Court had held that the entitlement to a pension for life of mothers of Greek nationality living permanently and legally in Greece did not depend on the nationality

August 2004 the applicants sent a letter to the Court stating that “the Romanian State breached some of [their] rights guaranteed by the Convention” and asking for an application form in order to “legally

He is not legally represented before the Court. The Russian Government (“the Government”) are represented by Mr   G.

comply with conditions concerning nationality, diploma or taking of the oath or on the fact that candidate falls within one of the categories of incompatibility or again is unfit or incompetent - no legally

Thirdly, the work of the Pardon Commission was not transparent and its recommendations were not legally binding on the President.

payment of poll tax, was unlawful insofar as the magistrates’ courts exceeded the limit of their jurisdiction, that they could not claim any compensation for unlawful detention and that they were not legally

It had not explored alternative means to avert the alleged risk to the applicant’s health or commented on his submission about the absence of any legally established procedures for force-feeding in Ukraine

police without a judicial warrant and without their permission was contrary to domestic law and that the court examined the complaint about the unlawfulness of the search in their absence, without being legally

The appellate court further noted that the applicant had been legally summoned, even though the notices of receipt had been returned unclaimed.

Nevertheless, the trial court postponed her questioning to a future date, observing that the applicant was not legally represented.

    Relevant domestic law Article 20 of the Constitution ( Ustav Crne Gore ) provides that everyone is entitled to a legal remedy against a decision on their rights or a legally based interest

Although the applicant was legally represented and could in any event have lodged an appeal in time without legal assistance, his lawyer was not given access to the file, which undoubtedly hampered the

The absence of such a legally-binding agreement between the applicants rendered their relationship of cohabitation, despite its long duration, fundamentally different to that of a married or civil partnership

Indeed, the amended 1988 Act provided for a fully judicial procedure which could result in a legally binding decision by a court.