Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Conde v. Portugal - 37010/97
Judgment 23.3.2000 [Section IV]
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 applicants in July 1995 and still pending at first instance. They have therefore lasted 4 years 7 months.
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
Article 41: The Court awarded each of the two applicants 750,000 escudos (PTE) in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. It also awarded 250,000 escudos in respect of costs and expenses.
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