Published on 16 March 2026
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 1266/20
Sergiy Kostyantynovych TULIKA
against Ukraine
lodged on 4 December 2019
communicated on 24 February 2026
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the allegedly excessive length of insolvency proceedings initiated against the applicant as a registered entrepreneur (фізична особа – підприємець) by a commercial bank.
On 19 March 2010 the Lviv Regional Commercial Court opened the insolvency proceedings and indicated the applicant as a debtor. On 6 December 2019 the same court closed the proceedings.
In July 2022 the applicant lodged a civil claim against several State authorities seeking, inter alia, compensation from the State budget for non‑pecuniary damage caused by the allegedly excessive length of the insolvency proceedings. There is no information as to the outcome of this claim.
Relying on Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention, the applicant complains about the excessive length of the insolvency proceedings and the lack of effective remedies in this regard.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Was the length of the insolvency proceedings in the present case in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement as guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?
2. Did the applicant have at his disposal an effective domestic remedy for his complaint under Article 6 § 1, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?
The parties are invited to provide the Court with the information concerning the current state of the compensation proceedings initiated by the applicant.