FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF FINIK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE(Application no. 24793/17 and 9 others –see appended list)     JUDGMENT STRASBOURG14 December 2023  This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Finik 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 23 November 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 their cases 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 14 December 2023, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.  Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits Acting Deputy 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’s nameYear of birth Representative’s name and locationStart of proceedingsEnd of proceedingsTotal lengthLevels of jurisdictionAmount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant(in euros)[1]   24793/1724/03/2017Vladyslav Vasylyovych FINIK1974 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv14/11/2014 pending More than8 years and11 months and 20 days3 levels of jurisdiction 1,800   24803/1724/03/2017Ivan Grygorovych KORSUN1959 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv03/11/2014 12/11/2020 6 years and10 days3 levels of jurisdiction 500   57933/1728/07/2017Oleksandr Vasylyovych LYUBARETS1976 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv17/11/2014 25/08/2022 7 years and9 months and9 days2 levels of jurisdiction 2,100   72440/1722/09/2017Sergiy Igorevych NECHYPORENKO1973 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv21/04/2015 pending More than8 years and6 months and 13 days3 levels of jurisdiction 1,800   1289/1829/12/2017Valentyn Valeriyovych SUKHAR1972 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv18/11/2014 04/08/2022 7 years and8 months and 17 days3 levels of jurisdiction 1,200   23240/1811/05/2018Dmytro Volodymyrovych ANDREYEV1976 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv18/11/2014 13/01/2021 6 years and1 months and 27 days2 levels of jurisdiction 1,500   30984/1825/06/2018Volodymyr Yuriyovych MARACH1980 Avramenko Gennadiy MykolayovychChernigiv10/11/2014 19/05/2022 7 years and6 months and 10 days3 levels of jurisdiction 1,200   5563/1911/01/2019Tetyana Viktorivna CHUSHKO1980 Loshakov Dmytro SergiyovychKyiv29/09/2009 18/09/2018 8 years and11 months and 21 days3 levels of jurisdiction 1,800   11832/2210/02/2022Olga Dmytrivna ORYSHCHUK1961 Reshetov Viktor ViktorovychChernivsti30/12/2016 25/05/2022 5 years and4 months and 26 days1 level of jurisdiction 1,500 47169/2223/09/2022Anatoliy Andriyovych YORZH1983 Orez Valentyn PavlovychOdesa28/03/2016 01/06/2022 6 years and2 months and 5 days3 levels of jurisdiction 500  [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.