They had thus lasted eleven years and nine months, which was excessive.

The applicant was detained on the same day.

    The applicant complained under Article   6 § 1 of the Convention that the civil proceedings had lasted too long. 50.

The incident lasted for some half an hour. 16.

It thus lasted 8 years, 4   months and 9 days for three levels of jurisdiction. A.     Admissibility 33.

Further, he had refused to postpone the hearing of 15 December 1993 as the proceedings had already lasted for a considerable time.

It was also decided to examine the merits of the application at the same time as its admissibility (former Article 29 § 3).

This request was refused the same day.

It should be noted that, from the point of view of procedural safeguards for an accused, what is material is not how long his detention at the investigation stage has lasted and how long it has lasted

When a remedy has been attempted, use of another remedy which has essentially the same objective is not required (see Yaşa v.

    On the same day, the second and the third applicants were arrested and taken into police custody on the same grounds as the first applicant. 12.

On the same day, by a decision of the investigator, the applicant was formally admitted as a civil party in the criminal proceedings. 12.

Therefore, by a decision of the same day, the court decided to suspend the proceedings (mirovanje postupka) pursuant to the law.

    The present case concerns two separate but interrelated sets of proceedings involving the same claimants and the same defendant enterprise in a property dispute.

On the same day the judge forwarded this request to the Road Traffic Licensing Department of the Police of the Czech Republic (Dopravní inspektorát policie České republiky).

It thus lasted over ten years and five months. 24.

They thus lasted 5 years and 8 months. A.     Admissibility 20.

Under section 22   (1) of the same Act, extradition detention may last for six months, and it may be extended for a further six months.

Two following hearings were re-scheduled for the same reason. 14 .

On the same day the court informed the applicant’s legal counsel that the decision to open the trial could not be challenged.