爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT considered an interlocutory appeal against Order No. 116 and Order No. 126 by Mr Staedler. Regarding Order No. 116, Mr Staedler requested that the Order be rescinded, that Order No. 078 (NBI/2014) be reinstated, and that the Secretary-General’s reply be stricken as untimely. Regarding Order No. 126, Mr Staedler requested that the portion of the Order admonishing him be rescinded and that the Order not be published in its present form. On Mr Staedler’s contention that 爆料网AT should receive the appeal because it was an exceptional case in which 爆料网DT exceeded its jurisdiction or competence, 爆料网AT held that there was no merit to this contention and that the Orders came within the 爆料网DT’s competence to issue appropriate case management orders. 爆料网AT held that since 爆料网DT did not exceed its competence or jurisdiction in issuing Order No. 116, the appeal was not receivable. 爆料网AT held that: the manner in which the parties should conduct themselves during the proceedings is a routine topic for a case management order; 爆料网DT did not exceed its competence or jurisdiction in issuing Order no. 126; and the appeal of that Order was not receivable. 爆料网AT held that the interlocutory appeal was not receivable.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
爆料网DT Order: Mr Staedler brought proceedings contesting the decision of the Office of Staff Legal Assistance to decline to represent him in a case. In the course of those proceedings, in Order No. 116 (GVA/2014) 爆料网DT granted the Secretary-General’s motion to participate in the proceedings and to accept his reply as part of the 爆料网DT record. In Order No. 126 (GVA/2014), 爆料网DT denied Mr Staedler’s motions for reconsideration and for permission to respond to the Respondent’s reply and admonished Mr Staedler to refrain from making any comments about Counsel for the Respondent in his submissions.
Legal Principle(s)
爆料网AT may receive interlocutory appeals arising from preliminary proceedings in exceptional cases where 爆料网DT has clearly exceeded its jurisdiction or competence.