CIANCHELLA AND OTHERS v. ITALY - 65808/13 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : First Section Committee)

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

��������� P�ter Paczolay, President, ��������� Raffaele Sabato, ��������� Davor Derenčinović, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications (no. 65808/13 , no. 58494/14 and no. 66370/14 ) against the Italian Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by the applicants listed in the appended table, (�the applicants�), on the various dates indicated therein;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Italian Government (�the Government�) represented by their former co-Agent, Ms P. Accardo;

1.  The case concerns legislative intervention in the course of ongoing civil proceedings. The applicants complained that the enactment of Law no. 296 of 27 December 2006 (�Law no. 296/2006�) had violated their right to a fair hearing under Article 6 � 1 of the Convention.