KHIZANISHVILI AND KANDELAKI v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 20 September 2017 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no 25601/12Lali KHIZANISHVILI and Giorgi KANDELAKIagainst Georgialodged on 20 April 2012STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicants, Ms Lali Khizanishvili (hereinafter “the first applicant”) and Mr Giorgi Kandelaki (hereinafter “the second applicant”) are Georgian nationals who were born in 1963 and 1955 respectively and live in Tbilisi. They are represented before the Court by Ms L. Mukhashavria, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.On 31 October 2003 the applicants, along with several other individuals, acquired ownership of commercial premises situated in Tbilisi near the entrance to Gotsiridze metro station on a plot of land measuring 154 sq. m (hereinafter “the commercial premises”). The total area of the commercial premises was 494 sq. m, of which the first …