CASE OF SALUS v. SLOVAKIA

FOURTH SECTION

CASE OF SALUS v. SLOVAKIA

(Application no. 28697/03)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

3 November 2009

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

In the case of Salus v. Slovakia,

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

Nicolas Bratza, President,

Lech Garlicki,

Giovanni Bonello,

Ljiljana Mijović,

Ján Šikuta,

Mihai Poalelungi,

Nebojša Vučinić, judges,

and Lawrence Early, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 13 October 2009,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in an application (no. 28697/03) against the Slovak Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Slovakian national, Mr Štefan Salus ("the applicant"), on 28 August 2003.

2. The applicant was represented by Ms Z. Môciková, a lawyer practising in Bratislava. The Government of the Slovak Republic ("the Government") were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková.

3. The applicant alleged that his rights under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 had been violated as a result of the compulsory letting of his land and its scheduled transfer to the tenants under Law no. 64/1997.

4. On 6 June ...

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