LOPES DE SOUSA FERNANDES v. PORTUGAL - 56080/13 (Judgment : Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed - Admissibility criteria - Manifestly ill-founded No...)

��������� Guido Raimondi, President, ��������� Angelika Nu�berger, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� Robert Spano, ��������� Luis L�pez Guerra, ��������� Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, ��������� Işıl Karakaş, ��������� Neboj�a Vučinić, ��������� Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� Yonko Grozev, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Pauliine Koskelo, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, ��������� and Roderick Liddell, Registrar ,

The case originated in an application (no. 56080/13 ) against the Portuguese Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Portuguese national, Ms Maria Isabel Lopes de Sousa Fernandes (�the applicant�), on 23 August 2013.

The applicant complained under Article 2 of the Convention about the death of her husband in hospital as a result of a hospital-acquired infection and of carelessness and medical negligence. She further complained that the authorities to which she had applied had failed to elucidate the precise cause of the sudden deterioration in her husband�s state of health. Relying on Articles 6 � 1 and 13 of the Convention, the applicant also complained about the duration and outcome of the domestic proceedings she had brought in that connection.

On 10 March 2016 the Government requested the referral of the case to the Grand Chamber under Article 43 of the Convention and Rule 73. On 2 May 2016 the panel of the Grand Chamber granted the request.

The composition of the Grand Chamber was determined according to the provisions of Article 26 �� 4 and 5 of the Convention and Rule 24 of the Rules of Court.