Tokens: 5
.
It
is
important
to
note
that
the
second
set
of
proceedings
was
initiated
by
the
applicants
only
.
They
used
a
legal
remedy
at
their
disposal
which
is
perfectly
legitimate
.
According
to
the
Court
’s
long
-
standing
case
-
law
,
however
,
while
applicants
can
not
be
blamed
for
making
full
use
of
the
remedies
available
to
them
under
domestic
law
,
this
has
to
be
considered
as
an
objective
fact
which
can
not
be
attributed
to
the
respondent
State
and
which
must
be
taken
into
account
for
the
purpose
of
determining
whether
or
not
the
reasonable
time
referred
to
in
Article
6
§
1
has
been
exceeded
(
see
Erkner
and
Hofauer
v.
Austria
,
no
.
9616/81
,
§
68
,
23
April
1987
;
Girardi
v.
Austria
,
no
.
50064/99
,
§
56
,
11
December
2003
;
Sociedade
de
Construções
Martins
&
Vieira
,
Lda
.
and
Others
v.
Portugal
,
no
.
56637/10
and
5
others
,
§
48
,
30
October
2014
;
O’Neill
and
Lauchlan
v.
the
United
Kingdom
,
nos
.
41516/10
and
75702/13
,
§
92
,
28
June
2016
)
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