24 SAUNDERS v. UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT to his claim for loss of earnings, they submitted that he was dismissed by Guinness following the company’s own investigation into the conduct of the take-over. Moreover, he had been in receipt of a pension from Guinness of £74,000 per annum since his dismissal, in addition to which, since May 1993, he had earned approximately £125,000 net per annum as a business consultant. 85. The Delegate of the Commission emphasised that in finding a breach of Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) the Commission could not be taken to have made any suggestion as to the likely outcome of Mr Saunders’s trial had the transcripts not been admitted in evidence. 86. The Court observes that the finding of a breach in the present case concerned the criminal proceedings against the applicant and not the proceedings before the inspectors about which no complaint was made. Moreover, it cannot speculate as to the question whether the outcome of the trial would have been any different had use not been made of the transcripts by the prosecution (see, mutatis mutandis, the John Murray judgment cited above at paragraph 68, p. 52, para. 56) and, like the Commission, underlines that the finding of a breach of the Convention is not to be taken to carry any implication as regards that question. It therefore considers that no causal connection has been established between the losses claimed by the applicant and the Court’s finding of a violation. 2. Non-pecuniary damage 87. The applicant sought non-pecuniary damages of £1 million to compensate him for the denial of his right to a fair trial and the resulting anxiety, anguish and imprisonment. 88. The Government submitted that no award should be made under this head. 89. The Court considers that, in the circumstances of the case, the finding of a violation constitutes sufficient just satisfaction in respect of any non-pecuniary damage sustained. B. Costs and expenses 90. The applicant claimed a total of £336,460.75 by way of costs and expenses in connection with the Strasbourg proceedings. This was composed of (1) £82,284.50 in respect of counsel’s fees; (2) £42,241.25 in respect of solicitors’ fees and (3) £211,935 concerning the fees of the applicant’s advisers, Mr and Mrs Devlin. 91. The Government considered that the amounts claimed under this head were excessive. In particular they submitted that no award should be made in respect of the fees of Mr and Mrs Devlin since the applicant could