FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55473/20
Lajos József LÁNYI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 7 October 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Erik Wennerström, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Ioannis Ktistakis, 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 representative 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 28 October 2021.
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Attila Teplán Erik Wennerström
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]
55473/20
11/12/2020
Lajos József LÁNYI
1952
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
05/07/2021
06/09/2021
2,000
1504/21
23/12/2020
Margit ILLÉSY
1954
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
04/06/2021
27/08/2021
14,300
1525/21
14/12/2020
Artúr JÓNI
1974
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
23/08/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
1619/21
29/12/2020
Géza ILLÉSY
1946
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
26/07/2021
13/09/2021
10,400
4135/21
29/12/2020
Beáta BARÁTH
1982
Baráth Lívia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
30/07/2021
06/09/2021
5,200
13782/21
02/03/2021
Sára RÓNAYNÉ BÍRÓ
1951
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
07/09/2021
25/06/2021
9,100
14530/21
11/03/2021
Lajos TAKÁCS
1957
Hangyál Edit
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
14/09/2021
30/08/2021
2,600
15046/21
02/03/2021
(4 applicants)
Household
Imréné MÁTÉ
1971
András MÁTÉ
2005
Áron MÁTÉ
1994
Lőrinc MÁTÉ
2004
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
14/09/2021
19/08/2021
9,100
17941/21
30/03/2021
Household
Gábor TÖRKENCZY
1963
Beatrix SEPSI
1967
Erdélyi György
Budapest
23/07/2021
06/09/2021
6,500
21014/21
14/04/2021
Péter VARGA
1978
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
23/08/2021
28/06/2021
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.