Ceriello v. Italy

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 11

October 1999

Ceriello v. Italy - 36620/97

Judgment 26.10.1999 [Section II]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Reasonable time

Length of civil proceedings: violation

The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in September 1987. The proceedings ended in December 1997 (10 years 2 months).

Conclusion: violation (unanimous).

Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant 20,000,000 lire (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 5,000,000 lire in respect of costs.

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