Brief an Dr. Hauer
Dr. Christian Hauer
Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Tuchlauben 17
A-1010 Vienna
12.08 2010
Dear Dr. Hauer,
As you know I have been struggling for the approval in Austria of my anti-cancer preparation Ukrain since 1976. At that time I gave your lawyers office power of attorney to represent me in this legal matter.
On 27.7.1981 I submitted an application for the approval of Ukrain to the Federal Ministry of Health and Environmental Protection. This application has not been dealt with until now. On 18.2.2010 I wrote a letter to you in which I asked for information about what legal steps I should take in order to obtain my legal right. However, despite several reminders such as from 5.8.2010 I have so far received no reply from you.
On 28.3.2002 I filed a complaint at the European Court about my application not having been dealt with and on 24.2.2005 the court found in my favour against the Republic of Austria. Despite this verdict nothing has changed concerning the processing of my application in accordance with the law in force at the time.
Due to the fact that my application has not been dealt with it is particularly cancer patients who suffer great harm because the health insurance institutions refuse to cover the costs of treatment, such as in the case of Ms Jakob which was reported in the media (please see: http://www.ukrin.com/fall-hedwig-jakob). However, the Republic of Austria has also suffered financial detriment (please see: http://www.ukrin.com/de/2010-07-22-ministry-justice). I therefore cannot understand why I have had to wait more than six months for an answer and urgently ask you to answer the question I have posed.
I would like to draw your attention to § 9 and §11 of the Lawyers’ Regulations in which §9 states that a lawyer must represent his client eagerly, faithfully and conscientiously. A lawyer is also obliged to deal with the business entrusted to him as long as he is commissioned to do so and is responsible for non-fulfilment (§11 Lawyers’ Regulations).
Since this is a matter of public interest I will take the liberty of publishing this letter and your reply on the internet.
Best regards,
Dr. Wassil Nowicky
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