CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 8 avril 2021

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The applicants were represented by Ms T. Stojiljković, a lawyer practising in Leskovac. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article   1 of Protocol No.   1 concerning the delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”) on 19   March   2020. THE LAW Joinder of the applications Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies) The Government submitted that the applicants had failed to inform the Court that the national authorities had acknowledged the alleged breach and that the applicants had sought compensation for non-pecuniary damage suffered. Moreover, most of the applicants had already been awarded compensation in that connection. They therefore suggested that the Court reject the applications as an abuse of the right of individual application in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention. The applicants did not dispute that fact but considered it irrelevant. The Court reiterates that an application may be rejected as an abuse of the right of individual application within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) of the Convention if, among other reasons, it was knowingly based on false information or if significant information and documents were deliberately omitted, either where they were known from the outset or where new significant developments occurred during the proceedings. Incomplete and therefore misleading information may amount to an abuse of the right of application, especially if the information in question concerns the very core of the case and no sufficient explanation is given for the failure to disclose that information (see Gross v. Switzerland [GC], no. 67810/10, § 28, ECHR   2014; S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, § 67, ECHR 2014). Turning to the present case, the Court notes that the competent domestic court has indeed acknowledged the alleged breach (see the appended table). Most of the applicants have been afforded redress for it and the proceedings in respect of the remaining applicants are pending. The applicants did not inform the Court about that development before notice of the applications was given to the Government and no convincing explanation for this omission was provided. Having regard to the fact that the information withheld concerned the very core of the applications, the Court finds that such conduct was contrary to the purpose of the right of individual application. Lawyers must understand that, having due regard to the Court’s duty to examine allegations of human rights violations, they must show a high level of professional prudence and meaningful cooperation with the Court by sparing it the introduction of unmeritorious complaints and, both before proceedings have been instituted and thereafter, they must inquire diligently into all the details of the case, meticulously abide by all the relevant rules of procedure and must urge their clients to do the same. Otherwise, the wilful or negligent misuse of the Court’s resources may undermine the credibility of lawyers’ work in the eyes of the Court and even, if it occurs systematically, may result in particular individual lawyers being banned from representing applicants under Rule 36 § 4 (b) of the Rules of Court (see Stevančević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (dec.), no. 67618/09, § 29, 10   January 2017). In view of the above, the Court finds that these applications constitute an abuse of the right of individual application (see, for similar approach, Denić   and Stamenković v. Serbia (dec.) [Committee], nos. 58944/18 and 58948/18, 5 November 2020) and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 29 April 2021.   {signature_p_2}   Viktoriya Maradudina   Carlo Ranzoni   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article   6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Relevant domestic decision Start date of non-enforcement period or date of entry into force of the Convention in respect of Serbia   (3 March 2004) End date of non-enforcement period Length of enforcement proceedings Final domestic decision concerning the claim that the proceedings had been of excessive length   Final domestic decision concerning the claim for compensation for non-pecuniary damage Amount awarded       4173/17 22/12/2016 Srđan RAŠIĆ 1958 Municipal Court in Leskovac 16/05/2003   20/03/2006   02/12/2016 10 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 13 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 11/05/2016   Leskovac Court of First Instance 06/04/2017 300 euros     80025/17 13/11/2017 Slavko STANOJKOVIĆ 1953 Municipal Court in Leskovac 22/01/2004     Municipal Court in Leskovac 22/01/2008   28/11/2007     15/05/2008   24/11/2017 9 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 28 day(s)   24/11/2017 9 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 10 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 28/11/2017 pending     81965/17 27/11/2017 Mladen FILIPOVIĆ 1953 Municipal Court in Leskovac 16/05/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 28/03/2003   24/08/2006     30/06/2008   15/12/2017 11 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 22 day(s)   15/12/2017 9 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 16 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 25/12/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 14/12/2018 400 euros     2308/18 29/12/2017 Slavoljub ĐORĐEVIĆ 1958 Municipal Court in Leskovac 31/01/2007   03/04/2009   29/01/2018 8 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 27 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 05/07/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 23/05/2018 400 euros     5095/18 19/01/2018 Svetlana ĐOKIĆ 1950 Municipal Court in Leskovac 27/05/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 02/04/2008   26/11/2007     02/10/2009   05/02/2018 10 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 11 day(s)   05/02/2018 8 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 4 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 19/05/2016   Leskovac Court of First Instance 03/08/2017 300 euros     14065/18 16/03/2018 Slavica ŽIVKOVIĆ 1956 Municipal Court in Leskovac 11/02/2004   Municipal Court in Leskovac 29/01/2008   10/12/2007     16/05/2008   22/03/2018 10 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 13 day(s)   22/03/2018 9 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 7 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 02/08/2018   Leskovac Court of First Instance 19/04/2019 400 euros     14266/18 16/03/2018 Suzana STAMENKOVIĆ 1970 Municipal Court in Leskovac 13/11/2003   18/12/2007   14/03/2018 10 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 25 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 28/11/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 22/06/2018 400 euros     14728/18 16/03/2018 Radmila SAVIĆ 1948 Municipal Court in Leskovac 17/09/2003   03/03/2004   14/03/2018 14 year(s) and 12 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 17/11/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 09/082018 400 euros     18616/18 11/04/2018 Zorica STOJKOVIĆ 1966 Municipal Court in Leskovac 16/04/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 06/03/2008   27/12/2007     27/06/2008   22/03/2018 10 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 24 day(s)   22/03/2018 9 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 24 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 15/11/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 09/082018 400 euros   18618/18 11/04/2018 Gordana DIMITRIJEVIĆ 1954 Municipal Court in Leskovac 26/02/2008     Municipal Court in Leskovac 07/12/2004   11/09/2008     02/10/2009   22/03/2018 9 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 12 day(s)   22/03/2018 8 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 21 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 05/12/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 08/11/2018 400 euros   18743/18 13/04/2018 Čedomir STAMENKOVIĆ 1958 Municipal Court in Leskovac 29/03/2004   Municipal Court in Leskovac 13/02/2008   12/11/2007     22/05/2013   03/04/2018 10 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 23 day(s)   03/04/2018 4 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 13 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 14/04/2016   Leskovac Court of First Instance 28/04/2017 300 euros   20707/18 24/04/2018 Jasmina RANĐELOVIĆ 1965 Municipal Court in Leskovac 10/09/2004     Municipal Court in Leskovac 05/11/2007   07/11/2007     16/01/2008   20/04/2018 10 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 14 day(s)   20/04/2018 10 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 5 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 15/11/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 24/09/2018 400 euros   21825/18 27/04/2018 Jovica JOVANOVIĆ 1967 Municipal Court in Leskovac 20/05/2008   12/02/2009   27/04/2018 9 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 16 day(s ) Commercial Court in Leskovac 14/12/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 12/10/2018 400 euros   29521/18 15/06/2018 Jovica CVETKOVIĆ 1957 Municipal Court in Leskovac 12/08/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 18/06/2008   03/10/2005       02/09/2009   06/02/2019 13 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 4 day(s)   06/02/2019 9 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 5 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 28/11/2017   Leskovac Court of First Instance 06/07/2018 400 euros   29532/18 15/06/2018 Ljiljana KOSTIĆ 1957 Commercial Court in Leskovac 27/11/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 02/04/2007   14/03/2007     20/07/2009   21/06/2018 11 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 8 day(s)   21/06/2018 8 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 2 day(s)   Commercial Court in Leskovac 20/12/2018   Leskovac Court of First Instance 22/10/2019 400 euros   31260/19 03/06/2019 Nadica ZDRAVKOVIĆ 1960 Commercial Court in Leskovac 01/06/2004   11/05/2007   02/08/2019 12 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 23 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 20/06/2019 pending   46561/19 15/08/2019 Milena ILIĆ 1967 Commercial Court in Leskovac 26/11/2003   03/03/2004   17/07/2019 15 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 15 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 20/06/2019 pending   46622/19 19/08/2019 Aleksandar JOVANOVIĆ 1955 Commercial Court in Leskovac 11/12/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 16/12/2006   03/03/2004     28/05/2010   17/07/2019 15 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 15 day(s)   17/07/2019 9 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 20 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 20/12/2016   Leskovac Court of First Instance 15/05/2018 400 euros   46631/19 19/08/2019 Radmila DUGALIĆ 1954 Commercial Court in Leskovac 01/12/2003   03/03/2004   17/07/2019 15 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 15 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 30/09/2019 pending   46633/19 19/08/2019 Svetlana MILIČEVIĆ 1963 Municipal Court in Leskovac 25/12/2006   05/03/2007   17/07/2019 12 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 13 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 07/09/2016   Leskovac Court of First Instance 11/08/2017 350 euros   51188/19 16/08/2019 Snežana SINADINOVIĆ 1952 Municipal Court in Leskovac 21/03/2007     Commercial Court in Leskovac 28/11/2003   21/05/2007       28/05/2010   25/04/2019 11 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 5 day(s)   25/04/2019 8 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 29 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 29/05/2019 pending   51197/19 16/08/2019 Gorica PEJIĆ 1967 Municipal Court in Leskovac 04/01/2007   07/02/2007   25/04/2019 12 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 19 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 27/06/2019   Leskovac Court of First Instance 05/02/2020 400 euros   51557/19 16/08/2019 Perica NEDELJKOVIĆ 1947 Commercial Court in Leskovac 26/11/2003   Municipal Court in Leskovac 02/04/2007   14/03/2007       19/04/2010   25/04/2019 12 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 12 day(s)   25/04/2019 9 year(s) and 7 day(s) Commercial Court in Leskovac 02/08/2019   Leskovac Court of First Instance 28/02/2020 500 euros