PART 2: How to Bring a Case to the Court to the large number of applications, the Court cannot acknowledge the receipt of the application immediately. The standard Registration Letter is reproduced in Textbox iii below. Textbox iii: Registration Letter55 FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/FOURTH/FIFTH SECTION ECHR-LE1.1R/DATE Application no. v. Dear Sir, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of [DATE], with enclosures, including a completed application form. The Court will deal with the case as soon as practicable. It will do so on the basis of the information and documents submitted by you. The proceedings are primarily in writing and you will only be required to appear in person if the Court invites you to do so. You will be informed of any decision taken by the Court. You should inform me of any change in your address or that of your client. Furthermore, you should, of your own motion, inform the Court about any major developments regarding the above case, and submit any further relevant decisions of the domestic authorities. Please note that no acknowledgment will be made as to the receipt of subsequent correspondence. No telephone enquiries either please. If you wish to be assured that your letter is actually received by the Court then you should send it by recorded delivery with a prepaid acknowledgment of receipt form. Yours faithfully, For the Registrar xxx Legal Secretary Internally, the application will be forwarded to the legal division of the Registry in which the lawyers who handle cases against the relevant Contracting Party are working. The application is then assigned to one of the Registry’s lawyers who will be working as the case lawyer for that application. This means that applications against Switzerland, for instance, are usually forwarded to the Swiss Division and will be handled by a Swiss case lawyer familiar with Swiss legislation. A notable exception to this practice is the handling of applications directed against Russia, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and Poland. In 2011, the Court set up a Filtering Section centralizing the handling of the incoming cases from these fives countries, 55 Source: Council of Europe. 41