KUKLIK AND OTHERS v. THE CZECH REPUBLIC - 15493/12 (Judgment : Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property : First Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Aleš Pejchal, Armen Harutyunyan, judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in five applications (nos. 15493/12 , 34297/13 , 25705/14 , 39843/16 and 45417/16 ) against the Czech Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by six applicants, namely Mr F. Kuklík ("the first applicant"), Mr J. Jošt ("the second applicant"), Ms O. Heldenburg and Mr M. Heldenburg ("the third and the fourth applicants"), Mr O. Ráž ("the fifth applicant"), and Mr V. Stuchlý ("the sixth applicant"). Their details appear in the Appendix.

The applicants were represented by various lawyers, as indicated in the appended table. The Czech Government ("the Government") were represented by their Agent, Mr Vít A. Schorm, of the Ministry of Justice.

On 2 July 2015 (applications nos. 15493/12 , 34297/13 and 25705/14 ), 14 September 2016 (application no. 39843/16 ) and 13 October 2016 (application no. 45417/16 ) the complaints concerning Article 1 Protocol No. 1 were communicated to the Government. On the same dates, the remaining complaints were all declared inadmissible, pursuant to Rule 54 § 3 of the Rules of Court.