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Galinho Carvalho Matos v. Portugal
Doc ref: 35593/97 • ECHR ID: 002-6183
Document date: November 23, 1999
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Galinho Carvalho Matos v. Portugal
Doc ref: 35593/97 • ECHR ID: 002-6183
Document date: November 23, 1999
Cited paragraphs only
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 12
November 1999
Galinho Carvalho Matos v. Portugal - 35593/97
Judgment 23.11.1999 [Section IV]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerned the length of civil proceedings instituted by the applicant in May 1992 following a road traffic accident. The proceedings are still pending and have therefor e lasted around seven years and six months.
Conclusion : violation (unanimous).
Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant one million escudos (PTE) in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
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