Information Note on the Court’s case-law 20
July 2000
Di Niro v. Italy - 43011/98
Judgment 27.7.2000 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings instituted in August 1993 and still pending (about 6 years 10 months for two levels of jurisdiction).
Conclusion: violation (6 votes to 1).
Article 41 - The Court awarded the applicant 16 million lires (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and three million lires in respect of costs and expenses.
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