Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
April 1998
S.R. v. Italy - 31648/96
Judgment 23.4.1998
Article 6
Administrative proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of proceedings before the Court of Audit: 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: application to Court of Audit.
End: date of deposit with registry of judgment of Tuscany Regional Division of Court of Audit.
Total: just over seven years and one month.
B.Applicable criteria
Reference to Court’s case-law.
Consideration of certain stages of the proceedings.
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
ARTICLE 50 OF THE CONVENTION
Pecuniary damage: not proved – claim dismissed.
Non-pecuniary damage: compensation awarded.
Costs and expenses: reimbursement ordered.
Conclusion: respondent State to pay applicant specified sums (unanimously).
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