Article 6 Civil - Right to a fair trial

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Guide on Article 6 Civil

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Advisory opinion on the obligation for lawyers to appear in person before disciplinary bodies and related consequences [GC], no. P16-2026-002

20/10/26

Obligation for lawyers to appear in person before disciplinary bodies, refusal to hear lawyer’s counsel’s explanations as to the lawyer’s absence, and absence of a remedy securing an adversarial re-examination of facts and law.
Advisory Opinion | Legal Summary

Puşcaşu v. Romania (dec.), nos. 2598/24 and 4 others

13/10/26

Failure, for lack of funds, to fully enforce court decisions ordering the State to pay the applicants, all judges or former judges, various sums of money as compensation for pay practices that had been found to be discriminatory.
Decision

Grassucci v. Italy, no. 12952/13 and 4 others

08/10/26

Length of tax proceedings which resulted in the applicants being charged additional tax, and effectiveness of the “Pinto” remedy allowing individuals to complain about the excessive length of tax proceedings.
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