Urbańska and Others v. Poland

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 42082/23 Iwona URBAŃSKA and Others against Poland and 5 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 ad 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.

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/ registration

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

applicant/household

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

42082/23

16/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Household

Iwona URBAŃSKA

1972

Artur URBAŃSKI

1971

Household

Paweł OSIADACZ

1976

Anna OSIADACZ

1980

Muszyński Tomasz Andrzej

Warsaw

04/02/2026

03/03/2026

9,400

250

42526/23

25/11/2023

Household

Marcin BILSKI

1980

Ewelina BILSKA

1980

06/02/2026

19/01/2026

3,600

11413/25

03/04/2025

Jerzy BEDEŁEK

1971

22/01/2026

18/02/2026

7,700

15677/25

12/05/2025

CITY INVESTMENTS SP. Z O.O.

2005

Muszyński Tomasz Andrzej

Warszawa

04/02/2026

02/03/2026

7,100

250

16162/25

09/05/2025

Robert BRANDYS

1982

Cupiał Dawid

Warszawa

04/02/2026

26/01/2026

1,800

250

25377/25

06/08/2025

Household

Dariusz WERNEROWSKI

1965

Dorota WERNEROWSKA

1965

21/01/2026

21/01/2026

5,200

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

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