FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF KOZACHUK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE(Applications nos. 6295/17 and 10 others –see appended list)      JUDGMENT STRASBOURG18 January 2024 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Kozachuk and Others v. Ukraine,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of: Mārtiņš Mits, President, Kateřina Šimáčková, Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 14 December 2023,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:PROCEDURE1.  The case originated in applications against Ukraine 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.2.  The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications.THE FACTS3.  The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.THE LAW JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS4.  Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 § 1 AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION5.  The applicants complained that the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement and that they had no effective remedy in this connection. They relied on Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention.6.  The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000-VII).7.  In the leading case of Karnaushenko v. Ukraine (no. 23853/02, 30 November 2006), the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.8.  Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement.9.  The Court further notes that the applicants did not have at their disposal an effective remedy in respect of these complaints.10.  These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 and of Article 13 of the Convention.APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION11.  Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Karnaushenko, cited above, §§ 70 and 75), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to join the applications;Declares the applications admissible;Holds that these applications disclose a breach of 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;Holds(a)  that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;(b)  that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.Done in English, and notified in writing on 18 January 2024, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court. Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits Acting Deputy Registrar PresidentAPPENDIXList 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 introductionApplicant’s nameYear of birth Representative’s nameand locationStart of proceedingsEnd of proceedingsTotal lengthLevels of jurisdictionAmount awarded for pecuniary andnon-pecuniary damage per applicant(in euros)[1]   6295/1706/01/2017Mykhaylo Vasylyovych KOZACHUK1979   17/04/2015 pending More than8 years and7 months and 7 days3 levels of jurisdiction1,800   18376/1722/02/2017Leonid Vasylyovych LAKHTYUK1975 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv20/11/2014 10/12/2020 6 yearsand 21 days3 levels of jurisdiction600   23943/1713/03/2017Andriy Mykhaylovych STOYKA1977 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv17/04/2015 09/06/2021 6 years and1 month and 24 days3 levels of jurisdiction600   42791/1702/06/2017Anatoliy Sydorovych KHOMYCH1965   17/11/2014 02/11/2021 6 years and11 monthsand 17 days3 levels of jurisdiction900   19926/1817/04/2018Oleg Vasylyovych KEREVYCH1978 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv04/11/2014 11/11/2020 6 years and8 days3 levels of jurisdiction600   47105/1825/09/2018Oleksandr Volodymyrovych CHALYY1971 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv25/11/2014 15/03/2021 6 years and3 months and 19 days3 levels of jurisdiction600   49026/1805/10/2018Tetyana Mykhaylivna SOKOLENKO1976 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv06/04/2015 22/06/2021 6 years and2 months and 17 days3 levels of jurisdiction600   986/1906/12/2018Sergiy Mykolayovych KHYMCHENKO1956 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv17/11/2014 26/04/2022 7 years and5 months and 10 days3 levels of jurisdiction1,200   20890/1908/04/2019Volodymyr Viktorovych PETRUNENKO1972 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv12/11/2014 29/07/2022 7 years and8 months and 18 days3 levels of jurisdiction1,600 20909/1908/04/2019Grygoriy Vasylyovych POLKOVNIOV1977 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv08/06/2015 12/11/2020 5 years and5 monthsand 5 days2 levels of jurisdiction1,200 44695/1915/08/2019Vira Fedorivna SHULYAKOVA1955 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv17/12/2014 22/10/2021 6 years and10 months and 6 days3 levels of jurisdiction900 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.