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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> European Court of Human Rights >> Peter HORVATH v Slovakia - 28942/07 [2010] ECHR 1157 (29 June 2010) URL: http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/2010/1157.html Cite as: [2010] ECHR 1157 |
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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no.
28942/07
by Peter HORVÁTH
against Slovakia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29 June 2010 as a Committee composed of:
Lech Garlicki, President,
Ljiljana Mijović,
Nebojša Vučinić, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 July 2007,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
The application was lodged by Mr Peter Horváth, a Slovakian national who was born in 1970 and lives in Košice. The Slovak Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková.
The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings which had started on 2 July 1992 and ended on 22 June 2007. On 27 May 2004 the Constitutional Court decided that the applicant's right to a hearing within a reasonable time had been violated. It ordered the court concerned to proceed without unjustified delay and awarded 50,000 Slovakian korunas (SKK)1 to the applicant in just satisfaction for non pecuniary damage. It also ordered the competent court to reimburse the applicant's legal costs. On 26 April 2007 the Constitutional Court rejected the applicant's second constitutional complaint.
The Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties on 10 and 14 May 2010 under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 3,500 euros to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses. This sum would be free of any taxes that might be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from 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 case.
THE LAW
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 its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Fatoş Aracı Lech Garlicki
Deputy Registrar President
1. SKK 50,000 was equivalent to 1,245 euros at that time