SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 37245/08
Peter SZARKA and Others
against Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 December 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Dragoljub Popović, President,
András Sajó,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, judges,
and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 July 2008,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicants, Mr Péter Szarka and Mr Selim Keles are Hungarian nationals who were born in 1971 and 1957 respectively and live in Abony and Kecskemét respectively, while Titán 01 Bt. is a limited partnership registered in Hungary with its seat in Budapest. Their application was lodged on 29 July 2008. They were represented before the Court by
Mr R. Tornyai, a lawyer practising in Cegléd. The Hungarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr L. Höltzl, Agent, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice.

The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings to which they were parties.