Tokens: 62
.
The
Court
notes
at
the
outset
that
,
although
the
applicant
has
not
yet
actually
paid
the
legal
fees
,
he
is
bound
to
pay
them
pursuant
to
a
contractual
obligation
.
Accordingly
,
in
so
far
as
the
lawyer
is
entitled
to
seek
payment
of
her
fees
under
the
contract
,
the
applicant
may
claim
reimbursement
of
those
fees
(
see
Pirali
Orujov
v.
Azerbaijan
,
no
.
8460/07
,
§
74
,
3
February
2011
;
Rizvanov
v.
Azerbaijan
,
no
.
31805/06
,
§
89
,
17
April
2012
;
Malik
Babayev
v.
Azerbaijan
,
no
.
30500/11
,
§
97
,
1
June
2017
;
and
Merabishvili
v.
Georgia
[
GC
]
,
no
.
72508/13
,
§
§
371
-
72
,
28
November
2017
)
.
According
to
the
Court
’s
case
-
law
,
an
applicant
is
entitled
to
the
reimbursement
of
costs
and
expenses
only
in
so
far
as
it
has
been
shown
that
these
have
been
actually
and
necessarily
incurred
and
are
reasonable
as
to
quantum
.
However
,
having
regard
to
the
amount
of
legal
work
necessary
in
the
present
case
,
the
Court
considers
that
the
amount
claimed
in
respect
of
legal
fees
is
excessive
and
should
be
satisfied
only
partially
.
In
these
circumstances
,
having
regard
to
the
documents
in
its
possession
and
the
above
criteria
,
the
Court
considers
it
reasonable
to
award
the
sum
of
EUR
1,500
,
covering
costs
for
the
proceedings
before
the
Court
,
to
be
paid
directly
into
the
bank
account
of
Ms
G.
Guliyeva
,
who
represented
the
applicant
throughout
the
proceedings
before
the
Court
(
see
paragraph
2
above
)
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