CASE OF ZUBAC v. CROATIA
Hearing: Zubac v. Croatia (no. 40160/12) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2017-07-12 00:00:00)
Application no.: 40160/12
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2018-04-05 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0405JUD004016012
Respondent state: HRV
Articles of the Convention: 6;6-1
Judges: Alena Poláčková;Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Ganna Yudkivska;Georgios A. Serghides;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Julia Laffranque;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Luis López Guerra;Nona Tsotsoria;Paul Lemmens;Síofra O'Leary;Georges Ravarani;Ksenija Turković;Tim Eicke
Represented by: BAN I.
Issue: Article 119 of the Constitution ; Sections 40 § 3 and 382 (1) (1) and (2) of the Civil Procedure Act (Zakon o parničnom postupku)
Strasbourg case-law cited: Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inv. v. Switzerland [GC], no 5809/08, § 78, ECHR 2016;Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no 55707/00, § 97, ECHR 2009;Annoni di Gussola and Others v. France, nos. 31819/96 and 33293/96, § 54, ECHR 2000 XI;Baka v. Hungary [GC], no 20261/12, § 117, ECHR 2016;Bąkowska v. Poland, no 33539/02, § 54, 12 January 2010;Běleš and Others v. the Czech Republic, no 47273/99, §§ 50-51 and 69, ECHR 2002 IX;Bellet v. France, 4 December 1995, § 36, Series A no 333-B;Bochan v. Ukraine (no 2) [GC], no 22251/08, § 61, ECHR 2015;Brualla Gómez de la Torre v. Spain, 19 December 1997, Reports 1997 VIII;Bulfracht Ltd v. Croatia, no 53261/08, 21 June 2011;Cornea v. the Republic of Moldova, no 22735/07, § 24, 22 July 2014;Cudak v. Lithuania [GC], no 15869/02, § 54, ECHR 2010;Dobrić v. Serbia, nos. 2611/07 and 15276/07, 21 June 2011;Dumitru Gheorghe v. Romania, no 33883/06, §§ 32-34, 12 April 2016;Dunn v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no 62793/10, § 38, 23 October 2012;Edificaciones March Gallego S.A. v. Spain, 19 February 1998, § 35, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998 I;Efstathiou and Others v. Greece, no 36998/02, § 24 in fine, 27 July 2006;Egić v. Croatia, no 32806/09, 5 June 2014;Eşim v. Turkey, no 59601/09, § 21, 17 September 2013;Examiliotis v. Greece (no 2), no 28340/02, § 28, 4 May 2006;Fatma Nur Erten and Adnan Erten v. Turkey, no 14674/11, §§ 29-32, 25 November 2014;Freitag v. Germany, no 71440/01, §§ 39 42, 19 July 2007;García Ruiz v. Spain [GC], no 30544/96, § 28, ECHR 1999 I;Garzičić v. Monténégro, no 17931/07, §§ 30 32, 21 September 2010;Golder v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1975, §§ 28-36, Series A no 18;Hasan Tunç and Others v. Turkey, no 19074/05, 31 January 2017;Henrioud v. France, no 21444/11, 5 November 2015;Jovanović v. Serbia, no 32299/08, 2 October 2012;Kart v. Turkey [GC], no 8917/05, § 79 in fine, ECHR 2009 (extracts);Kozlica v. Croatia, no 29182/03, 2 November 2006;Lanschützer GmbH v. Austria (dec.), no 17402/08, 18 March 2014;Laskowska v. Poland, no 77765/01, §§ 60-61, 13 March 2007;Levages Prestations Services v. France, 23 October 1996, Reports 1996 V;Lorger v. Slovenia (dec.), no 54213/12, § 22, 26 January 2016;Louli Georgopoulou v. Greece, no 22756/09, § 48, 16 March 2017;Lupeni Greek Catholic Parish and Others v. Romania [GC], no. 76943/11, ECHR 2016 (extracts);Maširević v. Serbia, no 30671/08, § 51, 11 February 2014;Mohr v. Luxembourg (dec.), no 29236/95, 20 April 1999;Muršić v. Croatia [GC], no 7334/13, § 69, ECHR 2016;Nakov v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (dec.), no 68286/01, 24 October 2002;Nowiński v. Poland, no 25924/06, § 34, 20 October 2009;Omerović v. Croatia (no 2), no 22980/09, § 45, 5 December 2013;Perez v. France [GC], no 47287/99, § 82, ECHR 2004 I;Platakou v. Greece, no 38460/97, ECHR 2001 I;Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein v. Germany [GC], no 42527/98, § 45, ECHR 2001 VIII;Roche v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 32555/96, § 116, ECHR 2005 X;Sefer Yılmaz and Meryem Yılmaz v. Turkey, no 611/12, §§ 72-73, 17 November 2015;Shamoyan v. Armenia, no 18499/08, § 29, 7 July 2015;Šimecki v. Croatia, no 15253/10, §§ 46-47, 30 April 2014;Sociedad Anónima del Ucieza v. Spain, no 38963/08, §§ 33-35, 4 November 2014;Sotiris and Nikos Koutras ATTEE v. Greece, no 39442/98, ECHR 2000 XII;Stagno v. Belgium, no 1062/07, §§ 33-35, 7 July 2009;Stanev v. Bulgaria [GC], no 36760/06, § 230, ECHR 2012;Unión Alimentaria Sanders S.A. v. Spain, 7 July 1989, § 35, Series A no 157;Walchli v. France, no 35787/03, § 29, 26 July 2007;Wells v. the United Kingdom, no 37794/05 (dec.), 16 January 2007;Yagtzilar and Others v. Greece, no 41727/98, § 25, ECHR 2001 XII;Z and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 29392/95, § 91, ECHR 2001 V
Conclusion: No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Access to court)
Separate opinion: FALSE