Piela and Others v. Poland

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 32614/19 Olivier PIELA against Poland and 6 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 2 July 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 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.

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 27 August 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

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

32614/19

01/07/2019

Olivier PIELA

1972

06/02/2026

05/03/2026

5,200

36125/23

14/09/2023

Tomasz Władysław STOLARSKI

1959

Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata

Warsaw

26/03/2026

05/02/2026

6,200

250

38765/23

12/10/2023

Jacek KOTOWSKI

1987

Wiktor KOTOWSKI

1999

Muszyński Tomasz Andrzej

Warsaw

02/03/2026

12/03/2026

7,800

(to each applicant)

38775/23

12/10/2023

Wiesława DOBKOWSKA

1944

Gąsiorowska Monika Małgorzata

Warsaw

09/03/2026

05/02/2026

6,800

250

38887/23

10/10/2023

Mariusz DUCHNOWSKI

1980

27/03/2026

04/03/2026

4,200

39224/23

20/10/2023

Alicja Wiesława NIZIOŁEK

1948

10/03/2026

05/03/2026

5,400

39620/23

23/10/2023

Halina MAKUCH

1953

27/02/2026

09/03/2026

6,300

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

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