LOVRIC v. CROATIA - 38458/15 (Judgment : Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings Article 6-1 - Access to court))

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Işıl Karakaş, President, ��������� Julia Laffranque, ��������� Neboj�a Vučinić, ��������� Valeriu Griţco, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� Jon Fridrik Kj�lbro, ��������� St�phanie Mourou-Vikstr�m, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı , Deputy Section Registrar ,

The case originated in an application (no. 38458/15 ) against the Republic of Croatia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Croatian national, Mr Zvonimir Lovrić (�the applicant�), on 29 July 2015.

The applicant was represented first by Mr A. Fiuri and subsequently by Mr I. Bo�ković, both advocates practising in Po�ega. The Croatian Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Ms �. Sta�nik.