A matter regarding exemption from the shoreline protection was left with the county administrative board for almost two years before a decision was made. It was far too long, thought the woman who submitted the application, who meant that according to the European Convention, one has the right to have their matter tried "within reasonable time".
The Chancellor of Justice gave the county administrative board the right. The woman appealed the decision to the district court, which gave her the right to damages. Even that decision was appealed to the Court of Appeal, which followed the county administrative board's line – a verdict that has now been appealed again.
Now the case will go to the highest authority. On its website, the Supreme Court writes:
"The case in the Supreme Court concerns whether the individual has the right to damages according to the European Convention, due to slow processing. The case raises, among other things, the question of how Swedish courts should or should relate to the European Court's practice."
