FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 35797/23 and 35803/23
Lee David CAMILLERI against Malta
and Nicholas CAMILLERI against Malta
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
András Jakab, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Dr L. Formosa, a lawyer practising in Victoria, Gozo.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning an injunction issued by the Court of Magistrates were communicated to the Maltese Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Malta in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 December 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No.1 to the Convention
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
35797/23
22/09/2023
Lee David CAMILLERI
1982
Formosa Larry-John
Rabat
05/09/2024
07/10/2024
2,000
35803/23
22/09/2023
Nicholas CAMILLERI
1990
Formosa Larry-John
Rabat
05/09/2024
07/10/2024
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.