CASE OF SKORIĆ v. SERBIA
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings;Article 6-1 - Access to court);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions)
Branko Lubarda;Georgios A. Serghides;Pere Pastor Vilanova
5. The applicant was born in 1948 and lives in Belgrade. 6. The applicant was employed by “PIM – bagerovanje i vodni transport”, a socially-owned company based in Belgrade (“the debtor”). 7. On 30 March 2005 the Belgrade Second Municipal Court (Drugi opštinski sud u Beogradu) ordered the debtor to pay the applicant specified sums in respect of salary arrears, social security contributions and procedural costs. This judgment became final on the same date. 8. On 22 June 2005 the Belgrade Fourth Municipal Court (Četvrti opštinski sud u Beogradu) issued an enforcement order with regard to the said judgement. 9. On 29 March 2012, acting upon the applicant’s constitutional appeal, the Constitutional Court held that the applicant had suffered a breach of the “right to a trial within a reasonable time” with regard to the enforcement proceedings. The court ordered the acceleration of the proceedings and declared that the applicant was entitled to compensation for the non-pecuniary damage suffered in the amount of EUR 700, converted into the national currency at the rate applicable at the date of settlement. 10. The enforcement proceedings instituted on the basis of the judgment rendered by the Belgrade Second Municipal Court on 30 March 2005 continued and are still pending.