FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 52610/15
Krisztina MÁGORI against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 March 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 application no. 4529/18, the applicant’s complaint based on the same facts was also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations 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 March 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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
Date of birth /
Date of 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]
52610/15
15/10/2015
Krisztina Mágori
26/10/1973
01/02/2019
04/07/2018
9,100
4529/18
09/01/2018
Éva Borbás
17/04/1979
Baráth Lívia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
09/01/2019
19/12/2018
4,000
11925/18
18/01/2018
Lőrinc Bilau
16/08/1965
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
09/01/2019
24/10/2018
8,000
12540/18
05/03/2018
B.I.T. Consulting Kft.
24/05/2004
Grád András Gusztáv
Budapest
17/01/2019
21/08/2018
1,500
24274/18
16/05/2018
Éva Barabás
06/04/1986
Sebes Péter
Budapest
07/01/2019
25/09/2018
3,000
31040/18
27/06/2018
Ilona Vass
27/12/1950
Rózsa Attila
Budapest
21/01/2019
24/10/2018
2,000
32182/18
25/05/2016
Éva Látó
31/07/1962
Imre SIMON
09/09/1953
Grád András Gusztáv
Budapest
15/01/2019
19/10/2018
3,000
38098/18
02/08/2018
Eszter Mária Gáll
06/02/1954
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
11/01/2019
27/11/2018
2,000
39399/18
07/08/2018
(3 applicants)
Árpád Hován
22/07/1968
Csilla HOVAN
09/04/1967
Szilveszter HOVAN
21/02/1996
Hantos Ádám
Budapest
25/01/2019
14/12/2018
3,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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