ALICHNIEWICZ v. POLAND

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 16818/24
Dariusz ALICHNIEWICZ
against Poland

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 16 October 2025 as a Committee composed of:

 Frédéric Krenc, President,
 Davor Derenčinović,
 Alain Chablais, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 June 2024,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”).

THE LAW

In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the length of the impugned proceedings.

In particular, the Court notes that the applicant contributed substantially to the overall length of the proceedings by lodging numerous requests for evidence and other lengthy pleadings and requesting that the proceedings were not terminated until all his requests were decided on. Despite lodging a request for an expert witness opinion, he refused to co-operate with experts. There is no appearance of any periods of inactivity for which the domestic authorities should be held responsible.

In view of the above, the Court finds that the complaints raised under Article 6 of the Convention about the excessive length of the proceedings are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

The applicant also raised a complaint under Article 13 of the Convention. However, having regard to the conclusions which it has reached above, the Court finds that this complaint must also be rejected as being manifestly ill‑founded pursuant to Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 13 November 2025.

 Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
 Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention

(excessive length of criminal proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)