Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Fragola v. Italy - 40939/98
Judgment 21.3.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: friendly settlement
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in November 1987 and still pending in March 1999.
The parties have reached a friendly settlement providing for payment to the applicant of 39 million lire (ITL), made up of 37 million lire in respect of non-pecuniary damage and two million lire in respect of costs and expenses.
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