Information Note on the Court’s case-law 7
June 1999
Laureano Santos v. Portugal - 34139/96
Judgment 23.6.1999 [Section IV]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: friendly settlement
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in June 1992. The proceedings ended in November 1997.
The Government is willing to settle the case on the basis of a payment to the applicant of the sum of 600,000 escudos. This offer does not imply any recognition by the Government of Portugal that there has been a violation of the Convention.
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