Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Wettstein v. Switzerland (dec.) - 33958/96
Decision 23.3.2000 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Impartial tribunal
Lawyer of opposing party simultaneously acting as judge in other proceedings to which the applicant is party: admissible
The applicant was involved in three unrelated real property proceedings. In one set of proceedings the opposing party was represented by lawyer R., and in another by lawyer W. R. and W., together with a third lawyer, L., had their offices in the same premises. R. and L. also acted as part-time administrative judges at the Administrative Court and were on the bench of judges which rejected the applicant’s action in the third set of proceedings. The proceedings in which R. was representing the opposing party were still pending before the Federal Court when the applicant instituted the last set of proceedings.
Admissible under Article 6 § 1 (impartial tribunal).
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