SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35930/24
László Zoltánné JANT and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 November 2024,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.
THE LAW
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Applicant’s name Year of birth | Representative’s name and location | Date of receipt of Government’s declaration | Date of receipt of Applicants’ declaration | Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household (in euros)[1] | |
35930/24 21/11/2024 (29 applicants) | László Zoltánné JANT 1957 Makár SZOKOLOV 1946 Zsuzsánna CZAHESZNÉ BOTH 1955 Viktória KOBZA 1982 Margit KOVÁCS 1928 András Sándorné KISS 1942 Matild FARKAS 1958 Mihály Béla VARGA 1949 Sarolta BECSÓ 1971 Zoltán KIRÁLY 1973 Tibor István MAKÓ 1959 Mátyás NAGY 1997
Józsefné STUMM 1939 Marianna ZENTAI 1959 Katalin OSZLÁR 1964 Erika VIGHNÉ HENTZEL 1964 Oszkárné SZABÓ 1957
Household Gyula GYURKOVICS 1960 Marianna GYURKOVICS 1968
Household Anita SÜMEGINÉ HORVÁTH 1972 Istvánné HORVÁTH 1944
Household Gézáné POÓR 1934 János Gáborné BÍRÓ 1958
Household Péter GRŐB 1974 Ákos GRŐB 1979 Katalin GRŐB 1968
Household Jánosné MÓKUS 1955 Bernadett MÓKUS 1974 Zoltán MÓKUS 1981
| Kodela Viktor Budapest | 12/02/2025 | 17/03/2025 | 2,000 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.