JOINT SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES LAGERGREN, PINHEIRO FARINHA, PETTITI, MACDONALD, DE MEYER AND VALTICOS

The views expressed in our joint separate opinion concerning the case of W v. the United Kingdom¹ also apply to the present case.

JOINT SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES PINHEIRO FARINHA, PETTITI , DE MEYER AND VALTICOS

The views expressed in our joint separate opinion concerning the case of W v. the United Kingdom¹ also apply to the present case.

JOINT SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES PINHEIRO FARINHA AND DE MEYER

The views expressed in our joint separate opinion concerning the case of W v. the United Kingdom¹ also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the present case.

CONCURRING OPINION OF JUDGE GERSING

In my view, the length of the court proceedings between December 1981 and November 1982 falls to be considered only under Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1), which in this respect is the lex specialis. I cannot accept the extensive interpretation of Article 8 (art. 8) which the majority of the Court has applied as regards those proceedings in paragraphs 70 and 74 of the judgment.

The material before the Court is not sufficient to disclose a possible violation of Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) on account of the length of the proceedings.