Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 89
September 2006
Andorka and Vavra v. Hungary (dec.) - 25694/03
Decision 12.9.2006 [Section II]
Article 35
Article 35-1
Six month period
Running of the six-month period from notification of the final domestic decision to the applicant’s lawyer, even if the applicant was not informed until later: inadmissible
The applicants were found guilty of bribery and sentenced to fines. The final domestic decision was first served on their lawyer and to them later. The applicants complained under Article 6(1) of the protraction of the criminal proceedings.
Inadmissible as being out of time: The six-month period started to run when the final judgment including the reasoning was served on the applicants’ lawyer, notwithstanding the fact that the applicants received their own copies of the judgment later.
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