Information Note on the Court’s case-law 65

June 2004

Zouboulidis v. Greece (dec.) - 77574/01

Decision 3.6.2004 [Section I]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Access to court

Dismissal of appeal on points of law on account of appelant’s failure to indicate his family status and the number and age of his children: admissible

The applicant is a civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He works as an u sher in an embassy. He brought civil proceedings to secure an increase in his expatriation allowance for dependent children. This action was dismissed at first instance but he was partially successful on appeal. The applicant appealed on points of law. The Court of Cassation dismissed his appeal. It declared certain grounds of appeal inadmissible on account of their vagueness, and criticised the applicant for, inter alia , failing to provide information on his family situation and the number and age of his c hildren. This information was recorded in the case-file which had been filed with the appeal on points of law.

Admissible under Article 6 § 1.

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