In the case of Văleanu and Others v. Romania the Court held that there has been a violation of the protection of property in respect of all the applications which had not been struck off its list of cases.

The case concerned mainly restitution of property, which had been nationalised by the communist regime, and a prolonged non-enforcement of outstanding judgments given in the applicants’ favour and the lack of an effective remedy; the annulment of the applicants’ titles on account of the State’s failure to correctly implement the applicable law without any compensation; and the failure of the authorities to ensure that the compensation awarded had been reasonably related to the current value of the property.

The Court made awards of just satisfaction in respect of the pecuniary damage suffered by the applicants’ due to their inability to have their property restored to them.

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