FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 29630/21
János SÁNDOR and Others against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 September 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Erik Wennerström,
Lorraine Schembri Orland, 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 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 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 13 October 2022.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
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]
29630/21
29/04/2021
(3 applicants)
Household
János SÁNDOR
1970
Tamás SÁNDOR
1973
Jánosné SÁNDOR
1950
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
28/06/2022
12/10/2021
5,200
43376/21
23/08/2021
Dávid PUSOMA
1998
04/07/2022
04/03/2022
2,000
48218/21
20/09/2021
Anikó DÁVID
1974
Lakatos Viktor
Budapest
19/07/2022
13/06/2022
5,100
59310/21
18/11/2021
Imréné GEIGER
1936
Piroska HAJASNÉ SZABÓ
1949
Kovács Miklós Antalné
Veszprem
05/08/2022
20/07/2022
5,100
1189/22
21/12/2021
Sándor KECSKÉS
1940
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
28/06/2022
13/04/2022
3,600
5628/22
05/01/2022
József BELEZNAI
1978
04/07/2022
04/07/2022
2,000
5762/22
21/01/2022
Tamás RADU
1985
Visontai Csongor
Budapest
01/08/2022
02/06/2022
3,300
5764/22
22/01/2022
Milán LAKATOS
1992
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
11/07/2022
25/05/2022
3,300
6891/22
28/01/2022
Géza OLÁH
1982
08/08/2022
12/07/2022
2,000
7280/22
08/01/2022
Attila HORVÁTH
1984
Szabó Gábor
Göd
01/08/2022
29/06/2022
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.