CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 14 décembre 2017

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The circumstances of the cases The facts of the cases, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows. On various dates the applicants lodged civil proceedings in connection with their civil rights and obligations. On various dates the domestic courts delivered judgments concerning the applicants’ cases (see Appendix). The appellate or cassation courts failed to duly inform the applicants and/or their lawyers about the date and time of the hearings (see Appendix). COMPLAINT The applicants complain under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that their right to a fair trial was breached because they and/or their lawyers were not duly informed of the date and time of the hearings before the domestic courts which, as a result, were held in their and/or their lawyers’ absence   QUESTION Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, were the applicants and/or their lawyers duly notified about the hearings before the domestic courts (see Pirali Orujov v.   Azerbaijan , no.   8460/07, §§   40-46, 3   February 2011; Maksimov v.   Azerbaijan , no.   38228/05, §§   36-43, 8   October 2009; Abbasov v.   Azerbaijan , no.   24271/05, §§   28-34, 17   January 2008)?     APPENDIX   No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant’s name Date of birth Place of residence Nationality (in respect of the applicant company: its name, type and place of registered office) Represented by The courts which allegedly failed to duly inform the applicants and/or their lawyers about the hearings Domestic courts’ judgments     66535/13* 11/06/2013 Mahammad BOYUKKISHIYEV 1956 Goranboy Azerbaijan No representative The Ganja Court of Appeal sent a summons to the applicant indicating the time of the hearing of 03/08/2012 as 15:00; however the hearing was held at 12:00 on 03/08/2012 without any further notification to the applicant. The Supreme Court sent a summons to the applicant indicating the date of the hearing as 12/12/2012; however the hearing was held on 13/12/2012 without any further notification to the applicant. On 12/12/2012 the applicant was present at the Supreme Court, but was not notified when the hearing would be held. Ganja Administrative-Economic Court, 26/04/2012 Ganja Court of Appeal, 08/08/2012 Supreme Court, 13/12/2012   6299/14* 29/12/2013 CIN-TELEKOM A private limited liability company Baku   Etibar PASHAYEV The Baku Court of Appeal did not send a summons about the hearing of 24/01/2013 to the applicant. The applicant raised this issue in its cassation complaint; however the Supreme Court did not provide any reasoning concerning this issue. Baku Administrative-Economic Court No. 1, 23/01/2012 Baku Court of Appeal, 24/01/2013 Supreme Court, 13/08/2013   39222/17 25/05/2017 Namig RUSTAMOV 1993 Tovuz Azerbaijan Agil LAYIJOV The Supreme Court did not notify the applicant or his lawyer about the hearings of 19/01/2017 and 31/01/2017. Summons dated 19/01/2017 about the final hearing of 08/02/2017 was sent to the applicant’s lawyer on 20/02/2017 and was delivered to him on 22/02/2017. Baku Administrative-Economic Court No. 2, 22/04/2016 Baku Court of Appeal, 21/09/2016 Supreme Court, 08/02/2017   70305/17* 15/09/2017 Azad ABBASOV 1959 Ganja Azerbaijan   Akif ABBASOV 1961 Ganja Azerbaijan   Novruzali RAHIMOV 1948 Ganja Azerbaijan No representative The Supreme Court sent the summons about the change of the time of hearing of 15/03/2017 from 15:50 to 11:50. It was sent to the applicants on 16/03/2017 and was delivered to them on 22/03/2017. Ganja Administrative-Economic Court, 29/06/2017 Ganja Court of Appeal, 02/11/2016 Supreme Court, 15/03/2017