Dočkalovi v. the Czech Republic

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 60496/14 Otakar DOČKAL and Mária DOČKALOVÁ against the Czech Republic

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 October 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Branko Lubarda, President , Carlo Ranzoni, Pauliine Koskelo, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 September 2014,

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 Z. Pokorný, a lawyer practising in Brno.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Czech Government (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against the Czech Republic in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts 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 these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, 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 5 November 2020.

Liv Tigerstedt Branko Lubarda Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Date of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage

per household

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

60496/14

01/09/2014

Household

Otakar DOČKAL

1954

Mária DOČKALOVÁ

1969

Zdeněk Pokorný

Brno

11/09/2020

16/03/2020

6,200

250

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.