CASE OF FERREIRA ALVES v. PORTUGAL
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Violation of Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy)
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque
4. The applicant, a lawyer, was born in 1953 and lives in Matosinhos. 5. On 22 February 2008 the Porto Ethics Council (Conselho Deontológico do Porto) of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) instituted disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, following a complaint introduced by the Administrative Central Court of the North (Tribunal Central Administrativo do Norte) against the latter (disciplinary proceedings no. 100/2008). In particular, the complaint concerned the applicant’s request made in the course of four different tort actions against the State, in which he was a legal representative, to have a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights translated and paid by the domestic court. 6. On 10 March 2008 the applicant was summoned of the disciplinary proceedings and on 13 March 2008 he presented his submissions. 7. On 9 November 2012 the Ethics Council dismissed the case for being time-barred.