Judgment No. 1466

• Organization: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Date: 01.02.1996
• Original: English
• Judges: Douglas, Carroll, Fernando
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 5

Extract:

"Precedent has it that a time limit is a matter of objective fact and begins to run when a decision is notified. [...] The only exceptions that the Tribunal has allowed are where the complainant has been prevented by vis major from learning of the decision (see Judgment 21 [...]) and where the defendant has misled him or withheld some document from him in breach of good faith (see Judgment 752)."

Reference(s)

ILOAT Judgment(s): 21, 752

Keywords

organisation; time limit; exception; start of time limit; time bar; case law; force majeure; good faith