BACZYŃSKI AND OTHERS v. POLAND

  FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 4979/24 Tomasz BACZYŃSKI against Poland and 7 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Frédéric Krenc, President,  Davor Derenčinović,  Alain Chablais, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Poland in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, 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 cases. THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. 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 applications. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 9 October 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year 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 and costs and expenses per applicant/household (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[2]    4979/24 13/02/2024 Tomasz BACZYŃSKI 1951 Biernat Dawid Warsaw 21/03/2025 24/01/2025 2,600 250    11224/24 05/04/2024 Jakub ŁAWICKI 1988 Drab Szymon Łódź 21/03/2025 04/12/2024 3,100 250    12165/24 12/04/2024 Leszek PEZDA 1959     21/03/2025 18/12/2024 5,400      13101/24 18/04/2024 Household Daniel WEBER 1977 Marta WEBER 1978 Tabisz Tomasz Sylwester Kraków 21/03/2025 03/01/2025 2,700 250    14802/24 06/05/2024 Sebastian LIPIŃSKI 1975 Bzdyń Agata Warsaw 21/03/2025 17/12/2024 2,600 250    18589/24 21/06/2024 Sławomir WUJEC 1949     21/03/2025 20/12/2024 3,600      21417/24 18/07/2024 Józef PAWLIK 1960     21/03/2025 16/01/2025 2,700      21662/24 16/07/2024 WSPÓLNOTA MIESZKANIOWA KOSIŃSKIEGO 10 W POZNANIU Golak Mateusz Poznan 21/03/2025 02/12/2024 3,600 250   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.