Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Pedersen v. Denmark - 28064/95
Judgment 28.3.2000 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: friendly settlement
The case concerns the length of defamation proceedings brought by the applicant in November 1988. The proceedings ended in October 1997.
The parties have reached a friendly settlement providing for payment to the applicant of 50,000 Danish kroner (DKK), to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs.
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