FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22137/16
HORTOBÁGYI LÚDTENYÉSZTŐ ZRT against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 May 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 11 April 2016,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings)
In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that, for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the protraction of the proceedings.
In particular, the Court notes that in a previous application (no. 35490/15) the applicant concluded a friendly settlement with the Government concerning the length of the same proceedings as in the present case. That previous application was consequently struck out of the list of cases by the Court on 13 December 2018 (see, Huszar and Others v. Hungary, [Committee], nos. 48523/13 and 9 others, 13 December 2018). The remaining duration to be considered in the present case, from 13 December 2018 until 17 June 2019, cannot be considered excessive.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 4 June 2020.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of registration
Representative’s name and location
Start of proceedings
End of proceedings
Total length
Levels of jurisdiction
22137/16
11/04/2016
HORTOBÁGYI LÚDTENYÉSZTŐ ZRT
03/01/1994
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
13/12/2018
17/06/2019
6 month(s) and 5 day(s) 1 level(s) of jurisdiction
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