CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 8 avril 2021

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The applicants were represented by Ms T. Stojiljković, a lawyer practising in Leskovac. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article   1 of Protocol No.   1 concerning the non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”) on 19 March 2020. THE LAW Joinder of the applications Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies) The Government submitted that the final domestic decisions at issue had been enforced. The applicants did not dispute that fact. The Court reiterates that an application may be rejected as an abuse of the right of individual application within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) of the Convention if, among other reasons, it was knowingly based on false information or if significant information and documents were deliberately omitted, either where they were known from the outset or where new significant developments occurred during the proceedings. Incomplete and therefore misleading information may amount to an abuse of the right of application, especially if the information in question concerns the very core of the case and no sufficient explanation is given for the failure to disclose that information (see Gross v. Switzerland [GC], no. 67810/10, § 28, ECHR   2014; S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, § 67, ECHR 2014; and Nikolić and Others v. Serbia (dec.) [Committee], nos. 48162/18 and 8   others, 21   January 2021). Turning to the present case, the Court observes that between 2 March 2017 and 2 August 2019 the sums awarded in the domestic decisions under consideration were fully paid by the State in accordance with domestic law (see Stevanović and Others v. Serbia , nos. 43815/17 and 15 others, § 17, 27   August 2019). The applicants did not inform the Court about that development before notice of the applications was given to the Government and no explanation for this omission was provided. Having regard to the fact that the information withheld concerned the very core of the applications, the Court finds that such conduct was contrary to the purpose of the right of individual application. Lawyers must understand that, having due regard to the Court’s duty to examine allegations of human rights violations, they must show a high level of professional prudence and meaningful cooperation with the Court by sparing it the introduction of unmeritorious complaints and, both before proceedings have been instituted and thereafter, they must inquire diligently into all the details of the case, meticulously abide by all the relevant rules of procedure and must urge their clients to do the same. Otherwise, the wilful or negligent misuse of the Court’s resources may undermine the credibility of lawyers’ work in the eyes of the Court and even, if it occurs systematically, may result in particular individual lawyers being banned from representing applicants under Rule 36 § 4 (b) of the Rules of Court (see Stevančević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (dec.), no. 67618/09, § 29, 10   January 2017). In view of the above, the Court finds that these applications constitute an abuse of the right of individual application and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   3 (a) and   4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 29 April 2021.   {signature_p_2}   Viktoriya Maradudina   Carlo Ranzoni   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article   6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Relevant domestic decision Start date of non-enforcement period Date of enforcement of domestic decision                           13349/17 10/02/2017 Živka JOVANOVIĆ 1957 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 01/12/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 27/06/2007   27/06/2007   17/12/2010 02/03/2017   02/03/2017                           37636/18 19/07/2018 Goran CVETKOVIĆ 1973 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 11/12/2003   14/03/2007 21/08/2018                           58621/18 03/12/2018 Zoran PETKOVIĆ 1954 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 09/10/2000   14/05/2007 30/01/2019                           58624/18 03/12/2018 Miodrag STAMENKOVIĆ 1964 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 19/04/2010   19/04/2010 30/01/2019                           16305/19 15/03/2019 Višnjica MLADENOVIĆ 1963 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 26/03/2004   Commercial Court in Leskovac, 25/08/2004 18/05/2004     30/09/2004 29/03/2019     29/03/2019                           25297/19 22/04/2019 Zorica MILJKOVIĆ 1959 Municipal Court in Leskovac, 16/05/2003   Municipal court in Leskovac, 08/01/2008   22/03/2006   13/05/2008 14/05/2019   14/05/2019                           31238/19 04/06/2019 Vesna PAVLOVIĆ 1958 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 27/11/2003 13/01/2004 18/07/2019                           31241/19 04/06/2019 Tatjana ĐURIĆ 1970 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 01/12/2003 14/03/2007 18/07/2019                           31242/19 04/06/2019 Nevena JOVANOVIĆ 1966 Municipal Court in Leskovac, 19/12/2006 26/01/2007 18/07/2019                        31256/19 03/06/2019 Bosanka MILENKOVIĆ 1949 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 26/11/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 27/03/2007 14/03/2007     03/03/2009 02/08/2019   02/08/2019                        32366/19 10/06/2019 Gradimir STOJANOVIĆ 1952 Municipal Court in Leskovac, 14/07/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 23/06/2008 11/02/2008   24/03/2009 27/06/2019   27/06/2019                        32812/19 10/06/2019 Jasmina MICIĆ 1967 Commercial Court in Leskovac, 26/11/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 06/03/2007 13/01/2004     19/04/2010 18/07/2019     18/07/2019                        41862/19 12/07/2019 Milka GAVRILOVIĆ 1957 Municipal Court in Leskovac, 26/06/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 17/05/2008 26/12/2007   11/03/2009 22/07/2019   22/07/2019                        41864/19 12/07/2019 Tomislav STANKOVIĆ 1953 Municipal Court in Leskovac, 22/04/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac, 13/03/2008 12/11/2007   12/09/2008 22/07/2019   22/07/2019