FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 56169/13 A.E. against the United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 3 February 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Armen Harutyunyan, President, Jolien Schukking, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 August 2013,

Having regard to the decision to grant the applicant anonymity, in accordance with Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of the Court,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr A.E., was born in 1975.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the retention and disclosure of his criminal record information were communicated to the United Kingdom Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By letter dated 27 May 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of information concerning his legal representative expired on 11 May 2021. The applicant’s attention was drawn to the fact that failure to provide this information might lead the Court to conclude that he was no longer interested in pursuing the application and to decide to strike it out of its list of cases without further notice. The observations of the Government were subsequently transmitted to him.

On 18 November 2021 the postal service confirmed that it had been unable to deliver the letter of 27 May 2021 as the applicant no longer resided at the address given.

No correspondence has been received from the applicant since June 2019.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 24 February 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President