Key legal question
Whether a public oral hearing had to be held on the question of standing under Article 6 ECHR
Extracted holding
No. The court could decide the admissibility issue on the file without a hearing, because the hearing would not clarify a pure question of admissibility.
Extracted reasoning
Article 6 ECHR was held inapplicable to a preliminary ruling on the admissibility of the remedy; in any event, where only legal admissibility questions are decided, oral proceedings are unnecessary.