CASE OF KESZELI v. SLOVAKIA
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
Ján Šikuta
5. The applicant was born in 1952 and lives in Šaľa. 6. On 31 May 1994 the applicant claimed a sum of money from a bank. 7. On 16 September 2005 the applicant lodged an application before the Court challenging the length of these proceedings. On 22 May 2007 the Court decided to strike that case (application no. 34161/05) out of its list of cases on the ground that a friendly settlement had been reached between the parties. 8. In the proceedings complained of the Supreme Court’s decision of 30 April 2007 to dismiss the applicant’s appeal, examined as an appeal on points of law, became final on 11 June 2007. 9. On 27 January 2010 the above decision was quashed by the Constitutional Court and the case was remitted to the Supreme Court for reexamination. 10. On 23 September 2010 the Constitutional Court dismissed the applicant’s complaint challenging the length of the proceedings. 11. On 7 June 2011 the Supreme Court dismissed the applicant’s appeal against the first-instance judgment. Upon the applicant’s appeal on points of law the cassation chamber of the Supreme Court quashed that decision on 25 April 2013. 12. On 19 June 2014 the Supreme Court again dismissed the applicant’s appeal against the first-instance judgment. The applicant indicated that he intended to lodge an appeal on points of law after the service of the Supreme Court’s decision.