TWARDOWSKI AND OTHERS v. POLAND

  FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 4091/24 Roman TWARDOWSKI against Poland and 11 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 March 2026 as a Committee composed of:  Raffaele Sabato, President,  Artūrs Kučs,  Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges,] and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 PROCEDUREThe list of applicants 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 LAWHaving 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 16 April 2026.    Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato  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 per applicant/household (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[2]    4091/24 23/01/2024 Roman TWARDOWSKI 1964   Kretowicz Jan Warsaw 08/01/2026 15/12/2025 2,100 250    9563/24 16/03/2024 Household Andrzej STACHERSKI 1976 Paulina STACHERSKA 1980       23/12/2025 05/11/2025 5,200      10154/24 26/03/2024 Łukasz Tomasz SZUSTAK 1982   Gera Karolina Radzymin 17/12/2025 13/10/2025 3,100      11803/24 05/04/2024 Małgorzata ZAWŁOCKA 1977   Kretowicz Jan Warsaw 22/10/2025 14/01/2026 3,100 250    11804/24 09/04/2024 Iwona OLĘDZKA 1959   Muszyński Tomasz Andrzej Warsaw 15/10/2025 26/09/2025 6,200 250    11993/24 12/04/2024 Monika OMELAŃCZUK 1974   Muszyński Tomasz Andrzej Warsaw 29/12/2025 26/09/2025 7,300 250    17324/24 05/06/2024 Krystian PRUŻYŃSKI 1982       29/12/2025 17/10/2025 9,400      20828/24 05/07/2024 Household Piotr Pawel WIELGOS 1984 Marta Maria WIELGOS 1982 Kretowicz Jan Warsaw 29/12/2025 15/12/2025 3,100 250    21836/24 20/07/2024 Tomasz ZIENOWICZ 1976   Bębenek Elwira Gdynia 05/01/2026 26/01/2026 4,200 250  21840/24 16/07/2024 Barbara OTOCKA 1951       02/12/2025 05/11/2025 2,600    24624/24 10/08/2024 Robert BRANDYS 1982   Cupiał Dawid Warsaw 29/12/2025 28/09/2025 4,200 250  33838/24 25/10/2024 Piotr Wojciech DZIĘGIELEWSKI 1965       03/12/2025 04/11/2025 3,600     [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.