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Turning
to
the
circumstances
of
the
present
case
,
it
is
apparent
that
the
applicant
complained
before
the
national
courts
about
the
discretion
of
the
Attorney
General
,
but
he
did
so
from
the
perspective
of
the
fairness
of
(
criminal
)
proceedings
.
Only
later
,
when
all
the
pleadings
of
the
parties
had
been
concluded
,
did
he
seek
leave
to
add
a
complaint
alleging
a
lack
of
foreseeability
.
It
is
not
unreasonable
to
consider
this
complaint
to
be
a
separate
and
new
one
,
and
therefore
no
longer
permitted
at
such
a
late
stage
of
the
proceedings
.
On
this
point
,
it
might
be
necessary
to
add
that
the
applicant
never
complained
that
this
particular
refusal
by
the
national
courts
violated
any
of
his
Convention
rights
.
Furthermore
,
I
do
not
believe
that
the
national
courts
could
be
expected
to
address
the
issue
of
foreseeability
in
the
Attorney
General
’s
discretion
of
their
own
motion
,
in
the
absence
of
the
lack
of
a
timely
complaint
by
the
applicant
to
that
effect
.
In
this
connection
,
I
would
like
to
refer
to
a
recent
decision
of
our
Court
in
the
case
of
Caruana
v.
Malta
(
no
.
56396/12
,
15
May
2018
)
.
Since
the
applicant
in
that
case
had
failed
to
submit
that
the
legal
provision
in
question
was
not
precise
or
foreseeable
,
the
Court
held
that
there
was
no
reason
for
it
to
delve
further
into
the
matter
.
If
the
Court
,
which
frequently
reiterates
that
it
is
master
of
the
legal
characterisation
of
the
facts
of
a
case
,
does
not
examine
a
particular
issue
from
the
point
of
view
of
foreseeability
in
the
absence
of
a
timely
complaint
by
an
applicant
to
that
effect
,
I
believe
that
no
more
should
be
expected
from
the
national
courts
when
examining
the
claims
before
them
.
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