FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 30757/21
Magdolna ÁBRAHÁM and Others against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 30 June 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Raffaele Sabato,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 21 July 2022.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
30757/21
13/05/2021
(8 applicants)
Magdolna ÁBRAHÁM
1950
Lajos LEDERER
1935
Csaba LATORCAI
1976
Zsombor LATORCAI
1980
Lajosné NAGY
1946
Mária FARKAS
1951
Sándor BANA
1940
János KATONA
1963
Csaba Árpád
Vac
03/03/2022
03/01/2022
3,300
33127/21
17/06/2021
Béla PINTÉR
1976
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
03/01/2022
14/02/2022
1,000
35910/21
05/07/2021
Zsolt DÁVID
1972
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
03/06/2022
13/04/2022
2,000
36643/21
06/07/2021
Judit Györgyi HAJKUSZ
1968
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
31/01/2022
24/03/2022
2,500
59798/21
01/12/2021
Margit Eszter KIS
1961
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
03/06/2022
17/02/2022
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.