FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 29134/20
Piroska JURÁS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Raffaele Sabato,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 10 February 2022.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well‑established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per
applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
29134/20
25/06/2020
Piroska JURÁS
1967
Kussinszky Péter
Budapest
20/11/2020
19/11/2021
3,900
1629/21
28/12/2020
János VIDÁK
1991
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
25/10/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
15116/21
09/03/2021
Gábor LAKATOS
1987
04/11/2021
02/11/2021
2,600
15445/21
02/03/2021
Sarolta ANDREJKOVICS
1975
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
26/10/2021
19/08/2021
9,100
16730/21
12/03/2021
János Dezső KRAKOVSZKY
1985
Visontai Csongor
Budapest
26/10/2021
08/07/2021
2,600
17836/21
30/03/2021
Gábor SZABÓ
1973
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
16/09/2021
22/10/2021
4,600
21294/21
16/04/2021
Julianna NAGY
1976
Soós Ádám
Budapest
25/10/2021
19/11/2021
7,800
22776/21
20/04/2021
János SZÁVA
1983
02/11/2021
07/10/2021
2,600
35892/21
07/07/2021
(7 applicants)
Household
Éva KARAI
1972
Ádám MÉSZÁROS
2005
Attila János MÉSZÁROS
1965
Patrik Attila MÉSZÁROS
1998
Roland MÉSZÁROS
2009
Viktória MÉSZÁROS
2010
Tamás Ernő SCHOLTZ
1990
Szűcs Péter
Budapest
01/12/2021
19/10/2021
5,100
35914/21
06/07/2021
Ferenc József VILLÁNYI
1944
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
17/11/2021
04/10/2021
3,900
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.