also based on the actuarial tables for use in personal injury and fatal accident cases published by the United Kingdom Government Actuary's Department in 2007 (the so-called "Ogden tables"). The applicant assumed that she would have benefitted from her son's financial support equal to 30% of his earnings.
144. The Government argued that the applicant's claims were unsubstantiated and that she had not made use of the domestic avenues for obtaining compensation for the loss of her breadwinner.
145. The Court reiterates that there must be a clear causal connection between the damage claimed by the applicant and the violation of the Convention, and that this may, in an appropriate case, include compensation in respect of loss of earnings. It has held that the loss of earnings also applies to dependant children and, in some instances, to elderly parents (see, among other authorities, Imakayeva, cited above, § 213). Having regard to its conclusions above, it finds that there is a direct causal link between the violation of Article 2 in respect of the applicant's son and the loss to her of the financial support which he could have provided.
146. Having regard to the applicant's submissions and the fact that Adam Khurayev was not employed at the time of his apprehension, the Court awards EUR 2,000 to the applicant in respect of pecuniary damage plus any tax that may be chargeable on that amount.
B. Non-pecuniary damage
147. The applicant claimed EUR 100,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage for the suffering she had endured as a result of the loss of her son, the indifference shown by the authorities towards her and the failure to provide any information about his fate.
148. The Government found the amounts claimed exaggerated.
149. The Court has found a violation of Articles 2, 5 and 13 of the Convention on account of the unacknowledged detention and disappearance of the applicant's relative. The applicant herself has been found to have been the victim of a violation of Article 3 of the Convention. The Court thus accepts that she has suffered non-pecuniary damage which cannot be compensated for solely by the findings of violations. It awards to the applicant EUR 60,000, plus any tax that may be chargeable thereon.
C. Costs and expenses
150. The applicant was represented by the SRJI. They submitted an itemised schedule of costs and expenses that included research and interviews in Ingushetia and Moscow, at a rate of EUR 50 per hour, and the drafting of legal documents submitted to the Court and the domestic authorities, at a rate of EUR 50 per hour for SRJI lawyers and EUR 150 per hour for SRJI senior staff, as well as administrative expenses, translation and courier delivery fees. The aggregate claim in respect of costs and expenses related to the applicant's legal representation amounted to EUR 5,634.67, to be paid into the representatives' account in the Netherlands.
151. The Government pointed out that the applicant should be entitled to the reimbursement of her costs and expenses only in so far as it had been shown that they had actually been incurred and were reasonable as to quantum (see Skorobogatova v. Russia, No. 33914/02, § 61, 1 December 2005).
152. The Court has to establish first whether the costs and expenses indicated by the applicant's relative were actually incurred and, second, whether they were necessary (see McCann and Others, cited above, § 220).
153. Having regard to the details of the information and legal representation contracts submitted by the applicant, the Court is satisfied that these rates are reasonable and reflect the expenses actually incurred by the applicant's representatives.
154. As to whether the costs and expenses incurred for legal representation were necessary, the Court
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