Information Note on the Court’s case-law 17

April 2000

Piccinini v. Italy (no. 2) - 28936/95

Judgment 11.4.2000 [Section II]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Reasonable time

Length of civil proceedings following the finding of a violation due to the length: friendly settlement

The case concerns the length of proceedings. In an earlier application to the European Commission of Human Rights (nËš 26031/94), th e Commission had already found a violation of Article 6 because the applicant had not had his case examined within a reasonable time. The present application therefore concerns primarily the period after 21 November 1995. The Government have reached a frie ndly settlement with the applicant, providing for payment to him of 11 million lire (ITL), made up of 10 million lire in respect of non-pecuniary damage and one million lire in respect of costs and expenses.

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