Information Note on the Court’s case-law 11
October 1999
Scalvini v. Italy - 36621/97
Judgment 26.10.1999 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in June 1989, which are still pending (10 years 3 months), the date of the next hearing being in February 2001.
Conclusion: violation (unanimous).
Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant 35,000,000 lire (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 5,000,000 lire in respect of costs.
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