RUSULASHVILI v. GEORGIA

Published on 5 December 2022 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 17256/22Levani RUSULASHVILIagainst Georgialodged on 24 March 2022communicated on 15 November 2022SUBJECT 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 daughter of the lawyer representing the respondent company and that she 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 …