SAVVIDES v. CYPRUS - 14195/15 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Mar�a El�segui, President, ��������� Darian Pavli, ��������� Fr�d�ric Krenc, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 14195/15) against the Republic of Cyprus lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Cypriot national, Mr Makis Savvides (�the applicant�), on 16 March 2015;

the decision to give notice to the Cypriot Government (�the Government�) of the complaints under Articles 6 and 13 concerning the refusal of the Family Court of Appeal to examine the applicant�s appeal owing to an irregularity in the title of the notice of appeal;

1.  The case concerns the refusal of the Family Court of Appeal to examine the applicant�s appeal on the merits owing to an irregularity in the title of the notice of appeal, and the consequences thereof on the applicant�s right of access to a court under Article 6 � 1 of the Convention.