CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 15 juillet 1986

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }    The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 15 July 1986 the following members being present:                      MM C.A. NØRGAARD, President                       J.A. FROWEIN                       F. ERMACORA                       G. TENEKIDES                       S. TRECHSEL                       B. KIERNAN                       A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                       A. WEITZEL                       J.C. SOYER                       H.G. SCHERMERS                       H. DANELIUS                       G. BATLINER                       J. CAMPINOS                       H. VANDENBERGHE                   Mrs G.H. THUNE                   Sir Basil HALL             Mr H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission   Having regard to Article 25 (art. 25) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;   Having regard to the application introduced on 22 February 1984 by O. against the United Kingdom and registered on 20 March 1984 under file No. 10860/84;   Having regard to   - reports provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;   - the Commission's decision of 2 October 1984 to bring the application to the notice of the respondent Government without requesting the parties' written observations at that stage pending the outcome of the cases of Mmes Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom;   - the information provided by the respondent Government on 8 January and 10 June 1986;   - the information provided by the applicants on 6 March and 19 June 1986;   Having deliberated;   Decides as follows:   THE FACTS   The three applicants are citizens of Colombia, the first applicant, the husband, being born in 1935, the second applicant, the wife, being born in 1946 and the third applicant, their daughter, being born in 1973.   They reside in London and are represented before the Commission by Messrs Fisher, Meredith & Partners, Solicitors, London.   The applicants originally complained to the Commission of the refusal of British immigration authorities to allow the first applicant to remain in the United Kingdom.   The applicants invoked Articles 8, 13 and 14 (art. 8, art. 13, art. 14) of the Convention.   Following the communication of the application to the respondent Government, pursuant to Rule 42 (2)(b) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, and the Commission's Report (12.5.83) and the judgment (28.5.85) of the European Court of Human Rights in the test case of Mmes Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, the respondent Government reviewed the applicants' case.   On 8 January 1986 the Government informed the Commission that it had decided to grant the first applicant twelve months' leave to remain in the United Kingdom (renewable indefinitely).   On 6 March 1986 the applicants stated that they would request the withdrawal of the case if legal costs were met.   On 10 June 1986 the respondent Government undertook to meet the applicants' legal costs claim, upon which, on 19 June 1986, the appliants confirmed their request to withdraw the application.   REASONS FOR THE DECISION   The Commission notes that the applicants' complaint has now been resolved by the leave granted to the first applicant to remain with the other applicants in the United Kingdom.   It also notes the parties' agreement on legal costs.   The Commission considers that there are no reasons of a general character affecting the observance of the Convention which necessitate the further retention of this case.   The Commission, therefore, accedes to the applicants' request to withdraw their application.   For these reasons, the Commission   DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES.   Secretary to the Commission               President of the Commission         (H.C. KRÜGER)                             (C.A. NØRGAARD)