FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 19380/21
Lajos KORMOS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 20 October 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Erik Wennerström,
Lorraine Schembri Orland, 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 November 2022.
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
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]
19380/21
01/04/2021
Lajos KORMOS
1953
Tasi Judit
Szolnok
02/11/2021
18/08/2022
3,400
60912/21
03/12/2021
Katalin HORVÁTH
1974
András CURAWY
1954
Erzsébet Zsuzsanna FINDEISZNÉ BAUER
1941
Zoltán SIMON
1967
Balázs SIMON
1970
Marianna BLUMNÉ ZIMÁNYI
1969
Barbalics István
Budapest
11/07/2022
18/08/2022
9,100
8063/22
31/01/2022
Zoltán GAJDÁCSI
1957
Szabó Gábor
Göd
01/08/2022
29/06/2022
2,000
8767/22
08/02/2022
Viktor TÓTH
1976
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
04/07/2022
23/06/2022
3,300
9054/22
02/02/2022
László SZARVAS
1976
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
01/08/2022
16/06/2022
2,600
11023/22
18/02/2022
Norbert REGÉNYI
1975
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
13/09/2022
25/05/2022
3,300
11591/22
24/02/2022
Sándor LAKATOS
1975
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
13/09/2022
02/05/2022
2,600
13165/22
22/02/2022
Sándor Lajos BENCSIK
1984
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
01/08/2022
27/06/2022
2,000
14637/22
12/03/2022
Diána PAPP
1985
Komáromi Andrea
Budapest
05/08/2022
30/06/2022
10,400
19218/22
11/04/2022
Rómeó RAFAEL
1983
05/08/2022
11/07/2022
3,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.