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Undue delay precludes fair trial

Delays in civil procedure in a case of breach of contract arising from events in 1986 infringed the right to fair trial. The United Kingdom was found in breach of these rights through failure to arrange the civil procedure legal system so as to prevent inordinate delays.

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