CASE OF MULTIPROJEKT KFT v. HUNGARY
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Vincent A. De Gaetano
4. The applicant is a limited liability company registered under Hungarian law, with its seat in Budapest. 5. On 24 November 1998 the applicant initiated a civil lawsuit against two companies requesting the court to declare invalid a real estate sale and purchase agreement concluded between these two companies. 6. The Budapest Regional Court dismissed the applicant’s claim on 26 February 2004. On appeal, the Budapest Court of Appeal quashed the judgment on 5 November 2004. 7. The first-instance court re-heard the case and dismissed the applicant’s claim on 13 October 2005. On appeal, the second-instance court upheld the judgment on 9 November 2006. The applicant challenged the judgment before the Supreme Court which quashed it on 13 September 2007. 8. In the resumed proceedings the Budapest Court of Appeal quashed, on 20 March 2008, the first-instance court’s judgment. 9. On 18 March 2009 the Budapest Regional Court as firstinstance court dismissed the applicant’s claim. On appeal, the Budapest Court of Appeal upheld the judgment on 17 December 2009. The applicant challenged the judgment before the Supreme Court but to no avail. The Supreme Court upheld the final and binding judgment on 13 September 2010 (served on 27 October 2010).