KHMIADASHVILI v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONFINAL DECISIONApplication no. 26920/07by Nikoloz KHMIADASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 January 2009 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Sally Dollé, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 June 2007,Having regard to the parties’ observations,Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Nikoloz Khmiadashvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1971. He was represented before the Court by Mr Ioseb Sosiashvili, a lawyer practising in Gori. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were successively represented by their Agents, Messrs Davit Toma …