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DOMBO BEHEER B.V. v. THE NETHERLANDS JUDGMENT
Arnhem Court of Appeal is based on the assumption that the applicant
company would have won its case if Mr van Reijendam had been heard (see
paragraph 40 above). This claim must therefore be dismissed for the same
reasons.
43. As for costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings before the
Strasbourg institutions, the Court considers it reasonable, making an
assessment on an equitable basis, to award the applicant company NLG
40,000 under this head less 16,185 French francs paid in legal aid.
However, the Court does not consider it appropriate to require the payment
of interest as the applicant company requested.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT
1. Holds by five votes to four that there has been a violation of Article 6
para. 1 (art. 6-1);
2. Holds unanimously that the respondent State is to pay to the applicant
company, within three months, 40,000 (forty thousand) Netherlands
guilders for costs and expenses incurred in the Strasbourg proceedings,
less 16,185 (sixteen thousand one hundred and eighty-five) French
francs to be converted into Netherlands currency at the rate of exchange
applicable on the date of delivery of this judgment;
3. Dismisses unanimously the remainder of the claim for just satisfaction.
Done in English and in French, and delivered at a public hearing in the
Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 27 October 1993.
Rolv RYSSDAL
President
Marc-André EISSEN
Registrar
In accordance with Article 51 para. 2 (art. 51-2) of the Convention and
Rule 53 para. 2 of the Rules of Court, the dissenting opinion of Mr Martens,
joined by Mr Pettiti, and the joint dissenting opinion of Mr Bernhardt and
Mr Pekkanen are annexed to this judgment.
R. R.
M.-A. E.