Abstract

The problem of high court fees in the civil procedure is continuously the subject of the European Court of Human Rights caselaw in the context of the regulation contained in Art. 6.1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The ECHR caselaw very often criticizes national court decisions which deprive a party of the right to trial. The article presents various approaches to that problem of the national courts and the ECHR.