BARONE v. ITALY - 23668/05 (Judgment : Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property : First Section Committee)

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

��������� P�ter Paczolay , President , ��������� Gilberto Felici, ��������� Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 23668/05) 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�) on 17 June 2005 by an Italian national, Mr Francesco Barone, born in 1922, who lived in Palermo (�the applicant�) and was represented by Mr F. Di Salvo, a lawyer practising in Florence;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Italian Government �(�the Government�), represented by their former Agent, Mr I. M. Braguglia, and their former co-Agent. Mr N. Lettieri;

1.  The case concerns the indirect expropriation ( occupazione acquisitiva ) of a plot of land of approximately 2,300 square meters in Palermo, owned in equal shares by the applicant and his uncle.