Castell v. France
Doc ref: 38783/97 • ECHR ID: 002-6727
Document date: March 21, 2000
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Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Castell v. France - 38783/97
Judgment 21.3.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought against the applicants in August 1994. The proceedings ended in October 1997 and therefore lasted 15 years, one month and eight days.
Conclusio n : violation (unanimously).
Article 41: The Court awarded each of the two applicants 30,000 francs (FRF) in respect of non-pecuniary damage. It also made an award in respect of costs.
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