Communicated on 13 November 2017
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 72114/13
Ágnes Tünde CZEBE and others
against Hungary
lodged on 12 November 2013
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the fairness of the Kúria’s procedure in a case brought by the applicants in July 2007 against the Tax Authority and the Pest County Municipality concerning outstanding bonus payments. They complain under Article 6 § 1 that the Kúria adjudicated an interim question of their case on 20 February 2013 (service: 15 May 2013) without ever notifying or involving their lawyer, as a result of which they could not make representations, have access to the case documents or react to events of the procedure in any manner. The final decision closing the case was given by the Kúria on 30 January 2015.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES:
1. Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, was the principle of equality of arms respected in the Kúria’s procedure leading to the interim judgment?
2. Was the length of the proceedings in the present case in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?
3. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective national remedy to accelerate the proceedings as required by Article 13 of the Convention?
ANNEX
LIST OF APPLICANTS
Ágnes Tünde CZEBE is a Hungarian national who was born in 1974, lives in Dunakeszi and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Erika KIRÁLY is a Hungarian national who was born in 1981, lives in Budapest and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Csaba KOVÁCS is a Hungarian national who was born in 1972, lives in Pécel and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Tamás MEDVE is a Hungarian national who was born in 1981, lives in Budapest and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Kinga NAGY is a Hungarian national who was born in 1973, lives in Budapest and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Edit REIZER is a Hungarian national who was born in 1962, lives in Budapest and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Anett SIPOS is a Hungarian national who was born in 1978, lives in Kistarcsa and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Ferenc SIPOS is a Hungarian national who was born in 1953, lives in Nagykáta and is represented by Dániel András Karsai Katalin VAJDÁNÉ PALLAGA is a Hungarian national who was born in 1953, lives in Budapest and is represented by Dániel András Karsai
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