WCISLO AND CABAJ v. POLAND - 49725/11 (Judgment : Pecuniary damage - award : First Section)

Art 41 • Just satisfaction • Pecuniary damage suffered from violation of Art 1 P1 on account of the delay in payment of compensation for expropriation • Claim not premature despite separate domestic proceedings still pending regarding the amount of interest due to the applicants • Expropriation having occurred 25 years ago, unreasonable to wait for the outcome of those proceedings • No risk of double award • Award

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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

��������� Ksenija Turković, President, ��������� Krzysztof Wojtyczek, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Ale� Pejchal, ��������� Armen Harutyunyan, ��������� Tim Eicke, ��������� Jovan Ilievski, judges, and Abel Campos, Section Registrar,

The case originated in two applications (nos 49725/11 and 79950/11) against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by three Polish nationals, Mr Krzysztof Wcisło (no. 49725/11 - �the first application�) and Ms Elżbieta Cabaj and Mr Jerzy Cabaj (no. 79950/13 - �the second application�) (�the applicants�). The applications were lodged on 27 July 2011 and 8 December 2013 respectively.