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Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 October 2006.
Dorte Schmidt-Brown v Commission of the European Communities.
Appeal - Officials - Duty to provide assistance - Rejection of request for financial assistance in defamation proceedings brought before the United Kingdom courts.
Case C-365/05 P.

European Court Reports – Staff Cases 2006 II-B-2-00107
European Court Reports 2006 I-00105*;FP-I-B-2-00017

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2006:655





Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 October 2006 – Schmidt-Brown v Commission

(Case C-365/05 P)

Appeal – Officials – Duty to provide assistance – Rejection of request for financial assistance in defamation proceedings brought before the United Kingdom courts

Appeal – Grounds – Clearly inadmissible or clearly unfounded pleas (Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 119; Staff Regulations, Art. 24) (see paras 61, 68, 78-82)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 5 July 2005 in Case T-387/02 Schmidt-Brown v Commission dismissing the action for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 26 April 2002 rejecting the applicant’s request for financial assistance from the Commission in a defamation action brought by the applicant against a company before the High Court of Justice (England and Wales).

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal.

2.

Orders Ms Schmidt-Brown to bear the costs.

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