FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 47128/22
KARSAI DÁNIEL ÜGYVÉDI IRODA against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 14 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Ivana Jelić, 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 5 October 2023.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
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/
registration
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
(in euros)[1]
47128/22
21/09/2022
KARSAI DÁNIEL ÜGYVÉDI IRODA
2011
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
07/07/2023
17/03/2023
3,900
53468/22
26/10/2022
Róbert JUHÁSZ-HARMOS
1984
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
18/05/2023
20/04/2023
3,300
56938/22
19/11/2022
Viktor JANCSÓ
1988
Kovács Arthur
Szeged
07/07/2023
30/03/2023
2,600
57197/22
07/12/2022
Gyula PATAKI
1961
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
28/06/2023
17/03/2023
2,600
57467/22
08/12/2022
Dorottya SÁRKÖZINÉ TOMCSÁNYI
1965
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
03/07/2023
12/05/2023
5,200
2252/23
03/09/2022
(3 applicants)
Mária PAZÁR
1966
Szabina KOSTENSZKY
1981
Anita MOHÁCSI
1984
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
12/07/2023
13/05/2023
1,300
8825/23
17/02/2023
Józsefné MÁTÉ
1948
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
12/07/2023
13/05/2023
1,300
8829/23
14/02/2023
Erzsébet ROKONÁL
1957
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
12/07/2023
13/05/2023
1,300
8993/23
13/02/2023
Csaba SOMOGYI
1961
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
06/07/2023
18/05/2023
1,700
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.