FIFTH SECTION          CASE OF PAVLOV AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE (Application no. 8237/06 and 13 other applications –see appended table)             JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 5 November 2015   This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Pavlov and Others v. Ukraine,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of: Angelika Nußberger, President, Ganna Yudkivska, Vincent A. De Gaetano, judges,and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 15 October 2015,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 applications were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).THE FACTS3.  The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.4.  The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law. In some of the applications, the applicants also raised complaints under other provisions of the Convention.THE LAWI.  JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS5.  Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.II.  ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 § 1 AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION6.  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, which read as follows:Article 6 § 1“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal ...”Article 13“Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the] Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.”7.  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).8.  In the leading cases of Svetlana Naumenko v. Ukraine, no. 41984/98, 9 November 2004, and Efimenko v. Ukraine, no. 55870/00, 18 July 2006, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.9.  Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. 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.10.  The Court further notes that the applicants did not have at their disposal an effective remedy by which to submit their length-of-proceedings complaints.11.  These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 and of Article 13 of the Convention.III.  REMAINING COMPLAINTS12.  Some applicants raised other complaints under various Articles of the Convention.13.  The Court has examined the applications listed in the appended table and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the Convention or the Protocols thereto.It follows that this part of the applications is manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.IV.  APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION14.  Article 41 of the Convention provides:“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”15.  Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Svetlana Naumenko v. Ukraine, no. 41984/98, §§ 109 and 112, 9 November 2004), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.16.  The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points.FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,1.  Decides to join the applications; 2.  Declares the complaints concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law admissible, and the remainder of the applications inadmissible; 3.  Holds that there has been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention; 4.  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 5 November 2015, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court. Karen Reid Angelika Nußberger Registrar President APPENDIXList 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 nameDate of birth / Representative name and locationStart of proceedingsEnd of proceedingsTotal lengthLevels of jurisdiction Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expensesper applicant / household(in euros)[1]   8237/0618/02/2006Vasiliy Valisyevich PAVLOV27/10/1942  01/04/2004 26/01/2010 5 years and 10 months3 levels of jurisdiction500   18036/0803/04/2008Anatoliy Oleksandrovych ZELENENKYY04/08/1957  11/09/1997 04/09/2006 9 years3 levels of jurisdiction1,300   57511/0920/10/2009Viktor Grigoryevich DUPAK24/05/1955  01/07/1999 30/06/2009 10 years3 levels of jurisdiction2,400   22809/1209/04/2012Grygoriy Viktorovych KRAMAR28/01/1969  01/05/1999 28/10/2011 12 years and 6 months3 levels of jurisdiction3,600   54439/1207/08/2012Lidiya Zosimovna SIMENICHENKO28/04/1945  01/06/1999 15/02/2012 12 years and 8 months3 levels of jurisdiction5,500   62350/1221/09/2012Raisa Timofeyevna RUSSAKOVA17/12/1939  24/05/1999    12/11/2008 20/12/2003    07/02/2012 4 years and7 months3 levels of jurisdiction 3 years and3 months3 levels of jurisdiction1,200   75716/1221/11/2012Vladimir Grigoryevich POUKH10/09/1946  06/03/2006 01/06/2012 6 years and3 months3 levels of jurisdiction600   78970/1228/11/2012Grigoriy Nikolayevich SHEVCHENKO15/01/1949  28/04/2005 05/07/2012 7 years and2 months3 levels of jurisdiction1,200   80842/1201/12/2012Sergiy Anatoliyovych DANILOV03/03/1956  03/04/2006 25/02/2013 6 years and 11 months2 levels of jurisdiction1,300 8362/1324/01/2013Larysa Pavlivna CHORNA18/11/1956Aleksandr Anatolyevich SHYYAN02/03/1977Yakymenko Sergiy GeorgiyovychKryvyy Rig01/01/2007 04/02/2013 6 years and1 month3 levels of jurisdiction500 23815/1312/11/2012Volodymyr Volodymyrovych PAVLIV13/08/1952  25/10/2005 22/05/2012 6 years and7 months3 levels of jurisdiction600 31335/1319/04/2013Borys Oleksiyovych NIKOLENKO05/04/1938  13/04/2004 29/10/2012 8 years and7 months3 levels of jurisdiction1,800 36794/1320/05/2013Tatyana Valentinovna NALIVAYKO07/05/1961  07/02/2005 28/11/2012 7 years and 10 months3 levels of jurisdiction800 69357/1324/10/2013Nataliya Leontiyivna TARAN18/06/1962  06/01/2004 27/03/2013 9 years and3 months3 levels of jurisdiction1,300 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.