Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
October 1992
Cesarini v. Italie - 11892/85
Judgment 12.10.1992
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.]
A.Period to be considered
Starting-point: applicant's request for the adoption of an emergency measure.
End: Court of Cassation's noting the applicant's withdrawal of his action following a friendly settlement.
Result: more than six years and eight months.
B.Relevant criteria
Reasonableness of length of proceedings: to be determined with reference to criteria laid down in Court's case-law and in the light of the circumstances of the case, which in this instance called for an overall assessment.
Several periods of inactivity were attributable to the State but total length of proceedings could not be considered excessive, having regard to applicant's attitude, to fact that case had come before three different courts and to the friendly settlement.
Conclusion: no violation (unanimously).
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