GABAIDZE v. GEORGIA - 13723/06 (Judgment : Violation of Right to a fair trial ( Civil proceedings Impartial tribunal))

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

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Nona Tsotsoria, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, judges, and Anne-Marie Dougin, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 13723/06 ) against Georgia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Georgian national, Mr Zurab Gabaidze (�the applicant�), on 10 March 2006.

The applicant was represented by Mr N. Kvaratskhelia, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Mr D. Tomadze, of the Ministry of Justice.

The applicant alleged that, contrary to Article 6 � 1 of the Convention, the disciplinary proceedings against him had been unfair since his appeal had been heard on 4 August 2005 by a judicial body that had lacked impartiality and had not been composed in accordance with the law.