These rules can exceptionally be changed during the year concerned, if this is necessary, inter alia, in view of the excessive work-load of a judge or bench.

Pieris (Alakatoudi) Beach Court Ltd (defendant no. 4), in a block that was built on land owned by the rest of the defendants (nos. 1-3).

The applicant requested that the three professional judges vacate their seats on the bench as they had all, earlier in their careers, acted as public prosecutors.

   The Commission’s Delegate referred to the criteria applied by the Court in the Piersack case and expressed the view that this claim was reasonable. 29.

    The Court decides on the merits of individual complaints as a full bench. The quorum of the plenary session is two-thirds of the full bench, or six judges (section 32(1)). 27 .

The Court recalls that the phrase “established by law” covers not only the legal basis for the very existence of a “tribunal” but also the composition of the bench in each case (see no. 31657/96, Dec.

    Judge D.Z. sat on the bench of the Supreme Court as judge rapporteur. 11.     The applicant’s case was subsequently examined again.

Court H.R., Piersack judgment of 1.10.82, Series A No. 53) and Albert and Le Compte (Eur.

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  Court H.R., Piersack judgment of 1 October 1982, Series A No. 53, p. 14 para. 30).

  Pieris Estates Ltd transferred all the rights it had in the block to A. Pieri Alakatoudi Beach Court Ltd.

Court HR, Piersack v. Belgium judgment of 1 October 1982; Series A no. 53, p. 16, para. 33).   b.

Moreover, if contempt proceedings had been brought before a different bench, there would have been certain undesirable consequences that could not have been overlooked: the members of the bench would have

Judge H.Sz. sat on the bench. He was not a judge rapporteur and he did not preside. 11.

Court H.R., Piersack judgment of 1 October 1982, Series A no. 53, p. 14, para. 30; and Bulut judgment of 22 February 1996, para. 31, to be published in Reports of Judgments and Decisions for 1996).

The mere fact that Sh.T. had previously been Prosecutor General was not a reason to cast doubt on his impartiality in his subsequent role as a member of the court bench. 33.

  Malta [GC], no. 17056/06, § 93, ECHR 2009; and Piersack v.   Belgium , 1 October 1982, § 30, Series A no. 53). 13.

  Subsequently, in normal trial proceedings, the Criminal Court fixed 30 October 1989 as the date for the new trial, to be conducted by Judges Metzener, Becht-Gutmann and Memminger.   24.

  The letter referred to Dr   R.W. as being one of the specialised judges on the bench and rapporteur.   22.     On 23 December 1994 Dr R.W. submitted his expert opinion.

Motel Amerika, whose head office is in Pieria (northern Greece).   Interoliva ABEE v.