NINIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 1 October 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 15556/11Ekaterine NINIDZE against Georgialodged on 23 February 2011STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicant, Ms Ekaterine Ninidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1951 and lives in Batumi. She is represented before the Court by Mr I. Shavadze, a lawyer practising in Batumi.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  The initiation of expropriation proceedings1.  The applicant was the sole registered owner of a house which measured 212 square meters and was located on a plot of land of some 1,902 square meters in a district of Batumi, the so-called Adlia Settlement; two other additional premises of non-residential nature with the overall area of some 78 square meters were situated on that land; an extensive and well‑kept garden with 356 units of various f …