née en 1931                            "      à Köniz

Slovakia , (dec.), no. 48666/99, 4 November 2003; König v. Slovakia (dec.), no. 39753/98, 13 May 2003; Pavletić v.

In such cases, the relevant period starts running as soon as a “dispute” arises (see, among other authorities, König v. Germany , judgment of 28 June 1978, Series A no.

State intervention by means of a statute or delegated legislation has nonetheless not prevented the Court from holding - notably in several cases relating to the medical profession (König; Le Compte, Van

  Court H.R., König judgment of 23 April 1977, Series A no. 27, Le Compte, Van Leuven and De Meyere judgment of 23 June 1981, Series A no. 43 and Benthem judgment of 23 October 1985, Series A no.

the use of copies, which is the practice in other member States of the Council of Europe, such toing and froing of the file occurred both before the indictment and after it (see, mutatis mutandis, the König

The term “right” must nevertheless be given an autonomous interpretation under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see, for example, König v. Germany , judgment of 28 June 1986, Series A no. 27, pp.

The term “right” must nevertheless be given an autonomous interpretation under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see, for example, König v.

authorities' failure to appoint him to a post of chartered accountant involved a determination of his civil rights within the meaning of Article 6 §   1 of the Convention (see, among others, the König

whether at any time there was a "criminal charge" against the applicant (see, mutatis mutandis , the Engel and Others v. the Netherlands judgment of 8 June 1976, Series A no. 22, p. 35, § 82, and the König

30, 34 and 35 above and concurs with the opinion of the Commission’s Delegates; it also recalls that in certain cases the loss of real opportunities warrants the award of just satisfaction (see the König

  22, and König v. Germany , 28   June   1978, §   89, Series   A no.   27).

    The Court will first address the question whether a right, within the autonomous meaning of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis , König v.

court, the proceedings before the administrative authorities are to be included when calculating the overall length of the proceedings for the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention (see, for example, König

first-instance pension authority concerning his request for a review of his pension rights (see paragraph 9 above); it was then that a “dispute” within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 arose (see, mutatis mutandis , König

    The Court first notes that the period to be taken into consideration started with the appeal lodged by the applicant church on 23 September 1996 (see paragraph   18 above) (see König

Firstly, the right at stake in both the main and the injunction proceedings should be “civil” within the autonomous meaning of that notion under Article 6 of the Convention (see, inter alia , König v.

14, § 144, ECHR 2015 (extracts)), and enjoy considerable freedom in the choice of the means calculated to ensure that their judicial systems meet its requirements (see, albeit in different contexts, König

However, this decision must be proportionate, given the special circumstances of the case (see König v. Germany , judgment of 28 June 1978, Series A no. 27, § 110, and Herbst v.

Ukraine , no. 377/02, § 52, 8 April 2010; see the foundations of this principle in König v. Germany , 28 June 1978, § 98, Series A no. 27; Le Compte, Van Leuven and De Meyere v.