HEALY v. IRELAND - 27291/16 (Judgment : Right to a fair trial - Reasonable time)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Nona Tsotsoria, President, ��������� S�ofra O�Leary, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, judges,

The case originated in an application (no. 27291/16 ) against Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by an Irish national, Ms Mary Healy (�the applicant�), on 12 May 2016.

The applicant was represented by Denis O�Sullivan & Co. Solicitors, a law firm in Cork. The Irish Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Mr P. White of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Dr B received the result of the first test on 5 September 2000. He spoke by phone with the applicant, telling her that the tumour was very unsatisfactory. Prior to that conversation, the applicant was under the belief that the operation in 1982 had removed almost the entire tumour. She therefore understood the information given to her by Dr B about the tumour to mean that it was growing rapidly, gravely endangering her health.