Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Boudier v. France - 41857/98
Judgment 21.3.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of criminal proceedings which the applicant joined as a civil party: violation
The case concerns the length of criminal proceedings which the applicant joined as a civil party in June 1985. The proceedings ended, in respect of the civil claim, in January 1998 and therefore lasted 12 years, 7 months and 2 days.
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant 30,000 francs (FRF) in respect of non-pecuniary damage. It also made an award in respect of costs.
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