Alinea 28 Gerechtshof Amsterdam 9 januari 2025

83. As regards the right to a lawyer, the Court reiterates that the right of everyone charged with a criminal offence to be effectively defended by a lawyer, assigned officially if need be, as guaranteed by Article 6 § 3 (c), is one of the fundamental features of a fair trial (see Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, § 51, ECHR 2008; Dvorski v. Croatia [GC], no. 25703/11, § 76, ECHR 2015; and Simeonovi v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 21980/04, § 112, 12 May 2017 (extracts)). However, assigning counsel does not in itself ensure the effectiveness of the assistance counsel may provide to his client. Nevertheless, a State cannot be held responsible for every shortcoming on the part of a lawyer appointed for legal-aid purposes. It follows from the independence of the legal profession from the State that the conduct of the defence is essentially a matter between a defendant and his counsel, whether appointed under a legal-aid scheme or privately financed. The competent national authorities are required under Article 6 § 3 (c) to intervene only if a failure by legal-aid counsel to provide effective legal assistance is manifest or sufficiently brought to their attention in another way (see Czekalla v. Portugal, no. 38830/97, § 60, ECHR 2002-VIII, and Orlov v. Russia, no. 29652/04, § 108, 21 June 2011).”

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