Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
October 1993
Monnet v. France - 13675/88
Judgment 27.10.1993
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: no violation
[This summary is extracted from the Court’s official reports (Series A or Reports of Judgments and Decisions). Its formatting and structure may therefore differ from the Case-Law Information Note summaries.]
A.Period to be taken into consideration
Starting-point: date on which application for judicial separation was filed with matrimonial causes judge of relevant tribunal de grande instance.
End: date of delivery of Court of Cassation's judgment.
Total: approximately seven years and one month.
B.Criteria for assessment
Complexity of the case: large number of interlocutory applications filed, especially by the applicant, made case a complex one.
Conduct of the parties: contributed considerably to prolonging proceedings.
Conduct of the judicial authorities: three periods might appear excessive, but explanation to be found in applicant's behaviour.
Regard being had to all the circumstances of the case and to role of the parties in its conduct, total length of proceedings was not excessive.
Conclusion: no violation (unanimously).
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