Sobanski v Poland: ECHR 21 Jan 2003

Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 6-1 ; Non-pecuniary damage – financial award ; Costs and expenses award – Convention proceedings
The claimant alleged that the delay in hearing his request for compensation was so long as to have denied his right to a hearing within a reasonable time.
Held: The total delay had been over eight years, of which substantial periods resulted form the court’s inactivity. His human rights had been infringed.

Citations:

40694/98, [2003] ECHR 36

Links:

Worldlii, Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 6

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Human Rights

Updated: 03 July 2022; Ref: scu.178763