Information Note on the Court’s case-law 8
July 1999
Caetano Baeta v. Portugal - 36671/97
Judgment 22.7.1999 [Section IV]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: friendly settlement
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in January 1978. In May 1999 the parties reached a settlement which brought the proceedings to an end.
The Government is willing to settle the case on the basis of a payment to the applicant of the sum of 1,800,000 escudos. This offer does not imply any recognition by the Government of Portugal that there has been a violation of the Convention.
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