FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22533/17
Remigiusz SZELONGIEWICZ against Poland
and 31 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 March 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,
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 about the excessive length of proceedings in their cases and under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of, or insufficient, redress for the excessive length of proceedings granted to them by the national court were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”).
The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged a violation of Article 6 § 1 on account of the excessive length of proceedings and a violation of Article 13 on account of the lack of an effective remedy. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would 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 undertook 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 applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.
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 finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.
It therefore 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 the 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 15 April 2021.
Viktoriya MaradudinaAlena Poláčková
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of an effective remedy in domestic law)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in Polish Zloty PLN)[1]
22533/17
16/03/2017
Remigiusz SZELONGIEWICZ
1990
Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata
Warszawa
17/06/2020
30/07/2020
16,720
43539/17
12/06/2017
Krzysztof SZURMAK
1987
Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata
Warszawa
17/06/2020
30/07/2020
16,550
64739/17
22/08/2017
Artur LESZCZYŃSKI
1971
25/09/2020
27/11/2020
16,630
73071/17
18/07/2017
Jarosław KACPRZAK
1981
25/09/2020
20/11/2020
3,900
75627/17
10/10/2017
Jacek KUBIK
1977
25/09/2020
04/12/2020
36,190
82807/17
01/12/2017
Jerzy MICHAŁEK
1967
Dąbrowa Piotr
Wroclaw
26/06/2020
23/09/2020
20,560
82834/17
30/11/2017
Jacek STRZODA
1957
Rusecki Andrzej
Katowice
26/06/2020
04/01/2021
39,170
82962/17
04/12/2017
Paweł BOBIK
1969
Moskal Tomasz
Wrocław
26/06/2020
23/09/2020
20,560
84314/17
04/12/2017
Piotr LISOWSKI
1963
Dąbrowa Piotr
Wroclaw
26/06/2020
04/01/2021
20,560
1076/18
18/12/2017
Marek POSENIAK
1968
Moskal Tomasz
Wrocław
26/06/2020
23/09/2020
20,560
1735/18
18/12/2017
Robert ZIARNIK
1966
25/09/2020
03/11/2020
21,550
6692/18
28/12/2017
Daniel DZIERZBICKI
1989
Serwińska Natalia
Warszawa
26/06/2020
08/10/2020
7,580
12189/18
04/04/2018
Damian BRASZAK
1988
25/09/2020
27/11/2020
6,240
12694/18
26/02/2018
Wojciech JENDA
1978
26/06/2020
07/10/2020
28,560
13387/18
06/03/2018
Piotr PATRASZEWSKI
1970
25/09/2020
27/11/2020
20,980
14448/18
09/02/2018
Krystian GĘBSKI
1981
25/09/2020
09/11/2020
10,370
16074/18
19/03/2018
Szczepan ŁACIAK
1973
25/09/2020
09/11/2020
7,800
20779/18
26/04/2018
Michał CHOJECKI
1988
25/06/2020
09/10/2020
18,890
31803/18
13/04/2018
Kamil GRZELAK
1978
25/09/2020
09/11/2020
17,784
31834/18
21/06/2018
Damian OBREMSKI
1972
25/09/2020
19/11/2020
6,240
40082/18
10/08/2018
Piotr KORDZI
1990
Serwińska Natalia
Warszawa
26/06/2020
08/10/2020
11,390
40104/18
10/08/2018
Piotr LEŚNIEWSKI
1991
Serwińska Natalia
Warszawa
26/06/2020
08/10/2020
11,390
43332/18
12/09/2018
Dawid POPIEL
1989
Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata
Warszawa
26/06/2020
08/10/2020
10,980
43339/18
05/09/2018
Robert PŁOCHOCKI
1979
Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata
Warszawa
26/06/2020
08/10/2020
10,980
44471/18
10/09/2018
Antoni Piotr BARCZYK
1951
25/09/2020
16/11/2020
37,440
44473/18
07/09/2018
Krzysztof BIENIEK
1983
25/09/2020
09/12/2020
6,178
44586/18
11/09/2018
Dariusz Sebastian STERCZEWSKI
1982
25/09/2020
13/11/2020
14,820
59191/18
01/02/2019
Marcin ORŁOWSKI
1993
25/09/2020
22/12/2020
12,480
3096/19
27/03/2019
Marcin WŁODAREK
1982
25/09/2020
09/11/2020
4,340
7007/19
23/01/2019
Jerzy BEŁZ
1965
Haase Alicja
Warszawa
25/09/2020
07/12/2020
14,820
7678/19
21/01/2019
Piotr TRACZ
1963
25/09/2020
03/11/2020
18,720
10448/19
31/01/2019
Andrzej Damian PAJOR
1989
25/09/2020
03/10/2020
9,080
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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