In the case of Zouboulidis v. Greece (no. 3) the Court held that there had been a violation of the right to a fair trial.

The case concerned an action taken by the applicant to the Greek Supreme Administrative Court concerning liability for actions by the judiciary in his previous civil case. He had previously had a judgment in his favour on the matter from the ECHR.

The Court found that the ruling against the applicant which was based on a new interpretation of the Supreme Administrative Court for which there was no indication of any perceptible line combined with a delay in introducing new legislation, had created legal uncertainty harming him. He had effectively been excluded from access to a court regarding the judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court, despite the ECHR having already found a violation in that regard.

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