Galinho Carvalho Matos v. Portugal

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 12

November 1999

Galinho Carvalho Matos v. Portugal - 35593/97

Judgment 23.11.1999 [Section IV]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Reasonable time

Length of civil proceedings: violation

The case concerned the length of civil proceedings instituted by the applicant in May 1992 following a road traffic accident. The proceedings are still pending and have therefore lasted around seven years and six months.

Conclusion: violation (unanimous).

Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant one million escudos (PTE) in respect of non-pecuniary damage.

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