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"
As
regards
the
question
of
access
to
the
courts
,
this
is
not
a
case
of
a
Government
trying
to
repudiate
obligations
freely
undertaken
.
That
much
is
quite
clear
.
If
one
thing
has
emerged
from
all
the
discussion
in
the
case
of
Mr.
Knechtl
and
the
pleadings
so
far
in
the
case
of
Mr.
Golder
,
it
is
that
the
Government
of
the
United
Kingdom
had
no
idea
when
it
was
accepting
Article
6
(
art
.
6
)
of
the
Convention
that
it
was
accepting
an
obligation
to
accord
a
right
of
access
to
the
courts
without
qualification
.
Whether
we
are
right
on
the
interpretation
or
whether
we
are
wrong
,
I
submit
that
that
much
is
absolutely
clear
.
I
am
not
going
to
review
in
detail
all
the
evidence
or
the
views
of
the
United
Kingdom
in
this
respect
which
have
been
placed
before
the
Commission
.
But
I
submit
that
it
is
perfectly
clear
from
all
the
constitutional
material
that
has
been
submitted
,
from
its
part
in
the
drafting
of
the
European
Establishment
Convention
,
that
the
United
Kingdom
had
no
intention
of
assuming
,
and
did
not
know
that
it
was
expected
to
assume
,
any
such
obligation
.
"
-
(
CDH
(
73
)
33
,
at
p.
36
:
Document
no
.
5
communicated
by
the
Commission
to
the
Court
)
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