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Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A. v. Germany (European Court of Human Rights Application no. 19508/07)

  1. 4 January 2006Germany

    4 January 2006Germany

    Decision of the Hamburg Regional Court dated 4 January 2006

    Hamburg Regional Court

    Decision summary
    The court dismissed Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A.'s request for legal aid for its intended civil action concerning breach of a commission contract.

    13 days later · 13 days

  2. 17 January 2006Germany

    17 January 2006Germany

    Decision of the Hamburg Regional Court dated 17 January 2006

    Hamburg Regional Court

    Decision summary
    The court rejected Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A.'s objection and held that the applicable legal-aid provision did not extend to companies outside Europe.

    6 days later · 6 days

  3. 23 January 2006Germany

    23 January 2006Germany

    Decision of the Hanseatic Court of Appeal dated 23 January 2006

    Hanseatic Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The court confirmed the Hamburg Regional Court's legal-aid decisions and held that the restriction on legal aid was justified in the circumstances described.

    9 months and 2 days later · 275 days

  4. 25 October 2006Germany

    25 October 2006Germany

    Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court dated 25 October 2006

    Federal Constitutional Court

    Decision summary
    The court refused to admit Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A.'s constitutional complaint concerning denial of legal aid, without giving reasons.

    3 years, 11 months and 17 days later · 1448 days

  5. 12 October 2010International

    12 October 2010International

    Decision of the European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section) in Application no. 19508/07 dated 12 October 2010

    European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section)

    Case no.
    19508/07
    Decision summary
    The Court declared the application admissible without prejudging the merits. It held that the applicant company had exhausted domestic remedies and that its complaints under Articles 6 and 14 of the Convention concerning refusal of legal aid raised issues requiring examination on the merits.

    Supporting details

    11 authorities · 13 participants
    Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A.
    Representative
    E. Gomez de Larrain (For: Granos Organicos Nacionales S.A.)
    Germany
    Representative
    H.-J. Behrens (For: Germany)
    Representative
    Federal Ministry of Justice (For: Germany)
    European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section)
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    Claudia Westerdiek

    Authorities cited

    11
    • Convention
      treaty
    • German Code of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozessordnung)
      statute
    • Court Fees Act (Gerichtskostengesetz)
      statute
    • German Basic Law
      constitution
    • Federal Constitutional Court ruling of 3 July 1973 (1 BvR 153/69; BVerfGE 35, 356)
      case law
    • Cardot v. France (Series A no. 200, 19 March 1991, p. 18, § 34)
      case law
    • Elçi and others v. Turkey (nos. 23145/93 and 25091/94, § 604, 13 November 2003)
      case law
    • Jalloh v. Germany (no. 54810/00, 26 October 2004)
      case law
    • Uhl v. Germany (no. 64387/01, 6 May 2004)
      case law
    • Schwarzenberger v. Germany (no. 75737/01, § 31, 10 August 2006)
      case law
    • Luig v. Germany (no. 28782/04, 25 September 2007)
      case law

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