CASE OF TSULUKIDZE AND RUSULASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF TSULUKIDZE AND RUSULASHVILI v. GEORGIA(Applications nos. 44681/21 and 17256/22) JUDGMENT Art 6 § 1 (civil) • Impartial tribunal • Objective test • Participation of judge on Supreme Court three-member panels rejecting applicants’ respective claims, his judicial assistant being the daughter of the lawyer representing the respondent company • Judicial assistants’ functions, as provided for in national legislation, not only administrative in nature • Participation of judge, coupled with broad mandate given to judicial assistants in Georgian judicial system, capable of raising legitimate fears as to his objective impartiality • Failure of Supreme Court to dispel applicants’ doubts • Lack of sufficient procedural safeguards Prepared by the Registry. Does not bind the Court. STRASBOURG29 August 2024 FINAL 17/03/2025  This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of th …