ABSTRACT
Mr Christian Demai, a haemophiliac, had received frequent blood transfusions. A blood test on 22 July 1985 showed that he had been infected with HIV. On 8 December 1989 he submitted a preliminary claim for compensation to the Minister for Solidarity, Health and Social Protection, who refused it on 30 March 1990. On 25 May 1990 he lodged an application with the Versailles Administrative Court. On 24 July 1991 the Conseil d’Etat assigned the case to the Paris Administrative Court, the court designated to deal with all the applications lodged by infected haemophiliacs. The court ordered the appointment of an expert, who examined the applicant on 8 April 1993. Concurrently, on 8 October 1992, the Compensation Fund for Haemophiliacs and Transfusion Patients offered the applicant compensation. On March 1994 the Paris Administrative Court on 2 March 1994 made an award to the applicant, the judgment was served on the applicant on 18 April 1994 and no appeal was lodged against it. The applicant complained that his case had not been heard within a reasonable time. Comm found unanimously V 6(1).
