Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
February 1992
Arena v. Italy - 13261/87
Judgment 27.2.1992
Article 6
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: no violation
[This summary is extracted from the Court’s official reports (Series A or Reports of Judgments and Decisions). Its formatting and structure may therefore differ from the Case-Law Information Note summaries. It also covers the following judgments of 27 February 1992 against Italy: G. (12787/87), Andreucci (12955/87) and Cormio (13130/87).]
I.ARTICLE 6 § 1 OF THE CONVENTION ("reasonable time")
A.Period to be taken into consideration
Starting-point (in each case): date of institution of proceedings in the District Court.
End: date on which District Court's judgment became final (Arena) or, at the latest, date on which it could have become final (G.) or, again at the latest, date of its execution by the payment of the damages awarded (Andreucci), or date on which case was struck out of the list (Cormio).
Total duration: from a little over four years (G.) to over five years and nine months (Cormio).
B.Applicable criteria
Reasonableness of the length of proceedings: to be assessed with reference to the criteria laid down in the Court's case-law and in the light of the circumstances of the case, which in the cases under review called for an overall assessment.
Examination in each case of various stages of the proceedings.
Conclusion: no violation (unanimously).
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