TSULUKIDZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 8 November 2021 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 44681/21Zurab TSULUKIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 10 August 2021communicated on 14 October 2021SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged lack of impartiality of judge L.M. who was sitting on a three-judge panel of the Supreme Court which ruled against the applicant in proceedings he had brought against his former employer. The applicant challenged Judge L.M., claiming that he was not impartial on account of the fact that his judicial assistant was the son of the lawyer representing the respondent company and that he was directly involved in assisting Judge L.M. in the preparation of the applicant’s case. The application for Judge L.M.’s recusal was dismissed as unsubstantiated, with the relevant panel ruling that the circumstances referred to in the application were insufficient for questioning Judge L.M.’s imp …