| Applicant name | STOYANOVA |
| Applicant type | natural person |
| Number of applicants | 1 |
| Country | Bulgary |
| Application no. | 17157/16 |
| Date | 08/10/2024 |
| Judges | Jolien Schukking, présidente, Peeter Roosma, Diana Kovatcheva |
| Institution | Court |
| Type | Judgment |
| Outcome Art. 8 | violation |
| Reason | Positive obligation |
| Type of privacy | Procedural privacy |
| Keywords | Procedural requirments implicit |
| Facts of the case | The applicant complains of the amounts, which she considers excessive, which she was ordered to pay as reimbursement of the defendant’s representation costs, even though her claim was found to be well-founded by the domestic courts. |
| Analysis | The compensation awarded to the applicant in this case was reduced to nothing, and that the applicant was even ordered to pay an amount to the opposing party, due to the rules relating to the allocation of procedural costs in the event of partial dismissal of the action. For the considerations set out above under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention , the Court considers that the domestic proceedings did not provide the applicant with adequate compensation and redress the breach of her private life, despite the domestic courts’ recognition of that breach. |
| Other Article violation? | Yes, Article 6 ECHR |
| Damage awarded | that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months, EUR 2,000 (two thousand euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable on that sum, in respect of non-pecuniary damage, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement |
| Documents | Judgment |