2 MORICE v. FRANCE JUDGMENT Section composed Mark Villiger, President, Angelika Nußberger, Boštjan M. Zupančič, Ganna Yudkivska, André Potocki, Paul Lemmens, Aleš Pejchal, judges, and Claudia Westerdiek, Section Registrar, declared the application admissible and delivered a judgment. It found, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1, and, by a majority, that there had been no violation of Article 10. The partly dissenting opinions of Judges Yudkivska and Lemmens were appended to the judgment. 5. On 3 October 2013 the applicant requested, in accordance with Article 43 of the Convention, that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber. On 9 December 2013 a panel of the Grand Chamber granted the request. 6. The composition of the Grand Chamber was determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 26 §§ 4 and 5 of the Convention and Rule 24. 7. The applicant and the Government each filed observations on the merits. In addition, third-party comments were received from the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe and from the Paris Bar Association, the National Bar Council and the Conference of Chairmen of French Bars, which had been given leave by the President to intervene in the written procedure (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 3). 8. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 21 May 2014 (Rule 59 § 3). There appeared before the Court: (a) for the Government Ms N. ANCEL, Head of the Human Rights Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Agent, Mr A. LETOCART, Ministry of Justice Ms M.-A. RECHER, Ministry of Justice, Ms P. ROUAULT-CHALIER, Ministry of Justice, Ms E. TOPIN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Advisers; (b) for the applicant Ms C. AUDHOUI, member of the Paris Bar, Mr L. PETTITI, member of the Paris Bar, Mr N. HERVIEU, adviser to a firm of lawyers practising in the Conseil d’État and Court of Cassation, Mr J. TARDIF, member of the Paris Bar, Ms C. CHAUFFRAY, member of the Paris Bar, Counsel, Advisers. The Court heard addresses by Mr Morice, Mr Pettiti, Mr Hervieu and Ms Ancel.