TETLÁK AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

 
FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21592/16
Levente TETLÁK and Ors Gabor TETLÁK against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
 
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 31 January 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 friendly-settlement declarations 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 21 February 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident


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
Date 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]   
21592/16
11/04/2016
Levente Tetlák
25/03/1978
Örs Gábor Tetlák
31/08/1976
 
Honthegyi Gizella
Budapest
 
04/01/2019
24/05/2018
3,000   
25251/16
27/04/2016
Benjamin Pálne Tóth
14/07/1946
 
Vidéki László
Szolnok
 
13/12/2018
02/10/2018
11,000   
26935/16
10/05/2016
Tibor Turi
17/11/1961
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
 
29/11/2018
15/06/2018
2,500   
28595/16
18/05/2016
Erika Veizer
05/08/1967
 
 
 
 
23/11/2018
22/06/2018
2,000   
32900/16
25/05/2016
(8 applicants)
Szilvia Borka
22/05/1974
Istvánné Gulyás
11/02/1942
Sándor Józsefné Iván
16/07/1958
Anita Kerekes
14/02/1975
 
János Attiláné Szűcs
02/03/1965
 
Edit Tóvizi
27/09/1959
 
Household
Péter Koós
16/01/1977
Szilvia Koós-Hevesi
29/06/1977
 
Grád András Gusztáv
Budapest
 
07/12/2018
19/10/2018
3,000   
41882/16
14/07/2016
Anikó Mező
08/03/1966
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
 
20/12/2018
22/06/2018
6,000   
45308/16
27/07/2016
(3 applicants)
Household
Béla Kovács
26/05/1984
Béláné Kovács
28/01/1963
Rita Mária Kovács
17/06/1985
 
Vidéki László
Szolnok
 
17/12/2018
25/07/2018
4,000   
47755/16
05/08/2016
(6 applicants)
Géza Sinkó
28/07/1969
Istvanne Kelemen
17/11/1963
Gizella Szénásiné Bagi
24/09/1976
Imre Szénási
27/05/1976
Sandor Csákó
12/11/1979
Monika Csákóné Baráth
29/05/1979
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
 
05/12/2018
25/09/2018
1,100   
54197/16
02/09/2016
István Paksi
03/06/1951
Mihály Paksi
12/10/1955
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
03/12/2018
24/07/2018
1,300 
71212/16
18/11/2016
(3 applicants)
Hajnalka Takács
21/02/1975
 
Household
József Csík
21/07/1968
Piroska Oláhné Lengyel
30/10/1937
 
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
27/11/2018
26/06/2018
8,000
 
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

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