The Court also notes that the conduct of the defence and witnesses was a principal reason for the delay of one year and two months between September 2003 and November 2004.

    The Constitutional Court ordered the District Court to proceed with the case without delay.

The applicant asked the court to reject this request pointing out that it would result in a further delay in the proceedings.

It held that there had been an undesirable delay in processing the applicant’s appeal and that this delay was imputable to the Amsterdam Regional Court given its failure, apparently as a result of a mistake

It is true that the enforcement proceedings were initiated by the applicants with a certain delay (see § 12).

She failed to attend a number of hearings, thus causing delays of eleven months and seventeen days. The applicant's appeals caused further delays. Other delays were attributable to the defendants.

Moreover, the applicants’ arrest had been unlawful because the arrest records had been drawn with several hours’ delay.

  On 23 October 1996 the Walbrzych Regional Court dismissed the applicant's claim for compensation of damage resulting from the defendant's delay in payment.

It follows that this additional delay was caused by actions of the State authorities. 32.

What is taken into account is the diligence shown by the authorities, the delay attributable to the applicant, and any factors causing a delay for which the State cannot be held responsible.

They must make proof of a certain amount of diligence and initiative and introduce their complaints without undue delay. What this involves is examined below. c.

    Article 48(2) of the Constitution provides, inter alia , that every person has the right to have his or her case tried without unjustified delay. 25.

    At the relevant time, the only acceleratory remedy under Bulgarian law was the “complaint about delays” under Article 217a of the 1952 Code of Civil Procedure.

He submitted that delays had occurred mostly because of problems with non-attendance of prosecution witnesses.

The requesting authority shall be informed without delay of the result of its request. 4.

That caused a delay of approximately six months.

The Court therefore finds that the applicant clearly contributed to delays of almost four years. 69.

Thus this period of delay cannot be attributed to the applicant. 55.

In particular she maintains that the fact that five different lawyers and her husband represented her did not delay the proceedings.