Ceriello v. Italy
Doc ref: 36620/97 • ECHR ID: 002-6642
Document date: October 26, 1999
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Information Note on the Court’s case-law 11
October 1999
Ceriello v. Italy - 36620/97
Judgment 26.10.1999 [Section II]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of civil proceedings: violation
The case concerns the length of civil proceedings brought by the applicant in September 1987. The proceedings ended in December 1997 (10 years 2 months).
Conclusion : violation (unanimous).
Article 41: The Court awarded the applicant 20,000,000 lire (ITL) in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 5,000,000 lire in respect of costs.
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