The account of bestial torture is laced with glimpses of the court room, descriptions of the judge, the jury and the hearing itself and speculations about the offender's childhood.

Where the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance are seised of cases in which the same relief is sought, the same issue of interpretation is raised or the validity of the same act is called in question, the Court of First Instance may, after hearing the parties, stay the proceedings before it until such time as the Court of Justice shall have delivered judgment.

Where it considers that the case raises no new point of law, the Court may decide, after hearing the Advocate- General, that the case shall be determined without a submission from the Advocate- General.

A just punishment would be one that would be pronounced and executed by animal protectors (or, to be more precise, they would 'settle accounts' with offenders) in a quick procedure, without court hearings or extenuating circumstances.

In accordance with general principles of Community law, and in particular the right to a fair hearing, decisions of a supervisory authority should in appropriate circumstances be susceptible to review by an independent court or tribunal.

However, one Chinese exporting producer argued in the course of a hearing that the Community industry has not suffered material injury because during the period considered its production and prices remained relatively stable and its sales in the Community and the employment increased.

After consulting the Member States and hearing the undertakings or associations of undertakings concerned and any other natural or legal person that it considers appropriate, the Commission shall have sole power, subject to review by the Court of Justice, to determine, by decision which shall be published, which agreements, decisions and practices fulfil the conditions specified in paragraph 1.

However, one Chinese exporting producer argued during the course of a hearing that imports from the PRC are not a cause of injury, because the Community industry enjoyed a near-monopoly situation before sodium cyclamate was exported from the PRC and Indonesia, the prices from the PRC increased during the period considered, the sales of the Community industry have not decreased during the same period and the Community industry maintained its dominant market share.

However, although in accordance with Article 21 of the basic Regulation exporting producers are not considered interested parties in the framework of the Community interest analysis, one Chinese exporting producer argued in the course of a hearing that the Community interest does not warrant measures because the imposition of provisional measures restricted the number of players/exporters in the Community market without reducing supply from the countries concerned, the Community industry cannot satisfy the market demand and the imposition of definitive measures will reinforce the dominant position of the Community industry.

Any summons to a court hearing may have been served on the debtor in compliance with paragraph 1 or orally in a previous court hearing on the same claim and stated in the minutes of that previous court hearing.

19 The Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court), hearing the appeal on a point of law against the appellate court` s judgment, decided to stay the proceedings and refer the following questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling:

The following must have been clearly stated in or together with the document instituting the proceedings, the equivalent document or any summons to a court hearing:

Where the official is prosecuted for those same acts, a final decision shall be taken only after a final judgment has been handed down by the court hearing the case.

A Community trade mark court hearing an action referred to in Article 92, other than an action for a declaration of non-infringement shall, unless there are special grounds for continuing the hearing, of its own motion after hearing the parties or at the request of one of the parties and after hearing the other parties, stay the proceedings where the validity of the Community trade mark is already in issue before another Community trade mark court on account of a counterclaim or where an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity has already been filed at the Office.

The Court shall rule after hearing the Advocate-General.'

A Community design court hearing an action referred to in Article 81, other than an action for a declaration of non-infringement, shall, unless there are special grounds for continuing the hearing, of its own motion after hearing the parties, or at the request of one of the parties and after hearing the other parties, stay the proceedings where the validity of the Community design is already in issue before another Community design court on account of a counterclaim or, in the case of a registered Community design, where an application for a declaration of invalidity has already been filed at the Office.

Service of the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document and any summons to a court hearing on the debtor may also have been effected by one of the following methods:

(6) The absence of objections from the debtor as stipulated in Article 3(1)(b) can take the shape of default of appearance at a court hearing or of failure to comply with an invitation by the court to give written notice of an intention to defend the case.

(a) (i) the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document or, where applicable, the summons to a court hearing, was served by one of the methods provided for in Article 14; and

The Community design court hearing a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity of a registered Community design may, on application by the right holder of the registered Community design and after hearing the other parties, stay the proceedings and request the defendant to submit an application for a declaration of invalidity to the Office within a time limit which the court shall determine.

The Court shall give its ruling after hearing the Advocate General."

The Community trade mark court hearing a counterclaim for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity may stay the proceedings on application by the proprietor of the Community trade mark and after hearing the other parties and may request the defendant to submit an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity to the Office within a time limit which it shall determine.

The Court may, after hearing the Advocate-General, request clarification from the national court.'

- the decisions of the Court, the Chamber or the President of the Court or Chamber, given at the hearing.

The Court may, after hearing the parties, exempt a witness from taking the oath.

The Court may, after hearing the parties, exempt the expert from taking the oath.

(c) the debtor has not appeared or been represented at a court hearing regarding that claim after having initially objected to the claim in the course of the court proceedings, provided that such conduct amounts to a tacit admission of the claim or of the facts alleged by the creditor under the law of the Member State of origin; or

- an indication of the documents lodged by the parties in the course of the hearing,

The Court shall take its decision in closed session after hearing the Advocate-General.

All parties and the witnesses concerned shall be notified in due course of the hearing.

In any event the Registry shall at every public hearing held by the Court or a Chamber be open to the public half an hour before the hearing begins.

The Court may after hearing the Advocate-General order the reopening of the oral procedure.

The court hearing an action for infringement on the basis of a Community trade mark shall reject the action if a final judgment on the merits has been given on the same cause of action and between the same parties on the basis of an identical national trade mark valid for identical goods or services.

The court hearing an action for infringement on the basis of a national trade mark shall reject the action if a final judgment on the merits has been given on the same cause of action and between the same parties on the basis of an identical Community trade mark valid for identical goods or services.

The court hearing an action for infringement or for threatened infringement on the basis of a national design right shall reject the action if a final judgment on the merits has been given on the same cause of action and between the same parties on the basis of a Community design providing simultaneous protection.

The Community design court hearing an action for infringement or threatened infringement on the basis of a Community design shall reject the action if a final judgment on the merits has been given on the same cause of action and between the same parties on the basis of a design right providing simultaneous protection.

(a) the procedural requirements for contesting the claim, including the time limit for contesting the claim in writing or the time for the court hearing, as applicable, the name and the address of the institution to which to respond or before which to appear, as applicable, and whether it is mandatory to be represented by a lawyer;

The Court sitting in closed session shall, after hearing the Advocates-General, deliver a reasoned Opinion.

where a party has caused the Court to incur avoidable costs the Court may, after hearing the Advocate-General, order that party to refund them;

The President may in the course of the hearing put questions to the agents, advisers or lawyers of the parties.

The Court shall, after hearing the Advocate-General, give a reasoned decision on the request in closed session.

The Court shall, after hearing the Advocate-General, decide on the application or reserve its decision for the final judgment.

The Court shall decide, after hearing the Advocate-General, what action to take upon the recommendations of the Judge-Rapporteur.

The Court shall decide, after hearing the Advocate General, what action to take upon the recommendations of the Judge-Rapporteur.

The Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings which shall reflect the course of each hearing and the statements made in it.

Before every public hearing of the Court or a Chamber the Registrar shall draw up a cause list in the respective language of each case.

The Court shall, after hearing the Advocate-General, give its decision in the form of an order on whether or not the intervention is allowed.

However, if one of the parties to the proceedings before the Community design court so requests, the court may, after hearing the other parties to these proceedings, stay the proceedings.

The Office, when hearing an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity shall, unless there are special grounds for continuing the hearing, of its own motion after hearing the parties or at the request of one of the parties and after hearing the other parties, stay the proceedings where the validity of the Community trade mark is already in issue on account of a counterclaim before a Community trade mark court.