Legal summary September 2023 Yordanov and Others v. Bulgaria – 265/17 and 26473/18 Judgment 26.9.2023 [Section III] Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 Peaceful enjoyment of possessions
Category: European Court of Human Rights
CASE OF JELCIC STEPINAC v. CROATIA – 16087/18
The case concerns the alleged failure of the domestic civil courts to observe the res judicata principle. In particular, the applicant instituted several sets of civil proceedings against an insurance company in which she sought various forms of compensation for…
CASE OF MAFALANI v. CROATIA – 38765/16
The application concerns the applicant’s complaint that the costs of civil proceedings he himself incurred and those he was ordered to pay to the State were higher than the compensation he was awarded for injuries he had sustained while being…
CASE OF KOLOMPAR v. SERBIA – 34167/15
The application concerns the fairness of criminal proceedings in which the applicant’s guilt was allegedly determined solely on the basis of “a flawed identification offered by the victim personally”. In view of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the criminal…
CASE OF BULIC v. CROATIA – 32997/15
The case concerns administrative proceedings in which the applicant sought to obtain a disability pension in Croatia on account of the harm suffered during military combat in Bosnia and Herzegovina, pursuant to a bilateral agreement between the two countries.
CASE OF SEDRAKYAN v. ARMENIA – 5337/13
The case concerns the denial to the applicant of the right to appeal against a lower court judgment refusing his compensation claim for his flat alienated by a local authority.
CASE OF YORDANOV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA – 265/17 and 26473/18
The case concerns the forfeiture by the State of assets alleged to have been “unlawfully acquired”, and raises in particular issues under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
CASE OF SARKOCY v. SLOVAKIA – 1971/22
The applicant, a Slovak national, complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings which started on 20 June 2012 when he lodged a claim for damages against the State, complaining that a denial by a court of his claims submitted…
CASE OF POĽNOHOSPODÁRSKE DRUŽSTVO DECHTICE v. SLOVAKIA – 51217/21
The applicant complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings, which it had initiated with several other plaintiffs on 15 July 2014 before the Trnava District Court (‘the District Court’), seeking to have a lease agreement declared null and void.
CASE OF POZEMKOVÉ SPOLOČENSTVO – LESNÝ A PASIENKOVÝ URBÁR (LPU) DECHTICE v. SLOVAKIA – 51197/21
FIRST SECTION CASE OF POZEMKOVÉ SPOLOČENSTVO – LESNÝ A PASIENKOVÝ URBÁR (LPU) DECHTICE v. SLOVAKIA (Application no. 51197/21) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 21 September 2023