BOTCHORISHVILI v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Communicated on 16 February 2017 FOURTH SECTIONApplications nos. 42293/09 and 8443/12 Tsitsino BOTCHORISHVILI against Georgia and Tsitsino BOTCHORISHVILI against Georgia lodged on 6 July 2009 and 20 January 2012 respectivelySTATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicant, Ms Tsitsino Botchorishvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1946 and lives in Tbilisi. She is represented before the Court by Mr D. Shvelidze and Mr M. Sturua, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.On 14 March 1997 a gift contract was concluded between the applicant and the Independent Association of Journalists of Georgia whereby the latter donated to the applicant a non-residential building of 206.21 sq. m located at 2 Rike Square in Tbilisi. The Association in question had had its title to the property registered in acc …