Grabosz and Others v. Poland

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 36204/23 Krystyna GRABOSZ against Poland and 25 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 April 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:

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Mr J. Knieć, a lawyer practising in Warsaw.

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.

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 13 May 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

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

36204/23

26/09/2023

Krystyna GRABOSZ

1945

27/02/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

250

36354/23

25/09/2023

Józef DANIELIK

1950

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

250

36378/23

22/09/2023

Jolanta KARWOWSKA

1954

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

250

36421/23

25/09/2023

Witold PALUCHOW

1948

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

250

36501/23

22/09/2023

Andrzej ŚWIĄTEK

1949

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

36537/23

22/09/2023

Tadeusz JANKOWSKI

1952

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

36584/23

26/09/2023

Urszula DĄMBROWSKA-SALACH

1975

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

36609/23

22/09/2023

Jolanta BACZYŃSKA-LIBNER

1955

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

36611/23

22/09/2023

Zbigniew JANKOWSKI

1952

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

36715/23

22/09/2023

Anna KAMIŃSKA

1962

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

37763/23

04/10/2023

Alicja STANKIEWICZ

1955

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

38022/23

11/10/2023

Kazimierz CHOLEWA

1941

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,825

60

38485/23

10/10/2023

Iwonna RYBICKA

1953

02/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

0

39226/23

23/10/2023

Edward NOWAK

1939

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

0

39321/23

23/10/2023

Dariusz GŁUSZEK

1965

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,825

60

39339/23

23/10/2023

Piotr PAJĄK

1967

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

40528/23

30/10/2023

Irena ZAPERTY

1950

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

40549/23

07/11/2023

Zofia DOBOSIEWICZ

1943

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,950

60

40790/23

07/11/2023

Franciszek SASIN

1950

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,950

60

40812/23

08/11/2023

Danuta OPOLSKA

1952

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

41596/23

20/11/2023

Krzysztof DOBOSIEWICZ

1962

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,950

60

41615/23

15/11/2023

Tadeusz IWASZKIEWICZ

1937

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

41721/23

15/11/2023

Krzysztof WŁOCHOWSKI

1951

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

41877/23

15/11/2023

Jacek PIÓRKOWSKI

1969

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

2,600

60

624/24

24/11/2023

Marek ORŁOWSKI

1958

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,825

60

638/24

24/11/2023

Jan SIENGALEWICZ

1943

04/03/2026

10/03/2026

4,825

60

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.