Information Note on the Court’s case-law 15
February 2000
Kurt Nielsen v. Denmark - 33488/96
Judgment 15.2.2000 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings which began in February 1988 and ended in September 1996 (8 years, 6 months and 13 days for two levels of jurisdiction).
Conclusion: violation (unanimous).
Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant 70,000 Danish kroner (DKK) in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
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