CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 24 août 2021

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s25D5DE94 { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:7pt } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic }   Published on 13 September 2021   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 31585/21 Maka KARTVELISHVILI against Georgia lodged on 10 June 2021 communicated on 24 August 2021   SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns the refusal of the Tbilisi Court of Appeal to examine the applicant’s civil claim on account of her failure to pay the court fees, which are determined as a percentage of the claim. The applicant showed that the required amount was ten times higher than her monthly salary; the court did not, however, consider this as a sufficient ground for either postponing or exempting her from the payment or providing for the court fees to be reduced. The applicant complains of a violation of her right of access to a court, as guaranteed under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.     QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Has there been a breach of the applicant’s right of access to court as guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see, for example, Kreuz v.   Poland , no. 28249/94, ECHR 2001 ‑ VI, and   Weissman   and Others v.   Romania , no. 63945/00, ECHR 2006 ‑ VII (extracts))?