Reyes Ingeniería S.A. v. Spain
European Court of Human Rights · Third Section
- Domestic decision
- STS 3.ª · 12/03/2024
- Recognised debt
- €12,847,500.00
- Domestic remedies
- Exhausted
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 § 1 · Art. 1 P1
- Four-month time limit
- Met
Public-sector employees
Pay already awarded and still not paid.
Does your case qualify?Your situation
The court found in your favour. The administration still has not paid.
The Convention protects an awarded claim like any other, and the failure to enforce is itself the violation — not a delay on the way to one.
- 01Done
You claimed what you were owed.
- 02Done
A judgment recognised it.
- 03Pending
The administration does not pay it.
This is where our work begins.
What we do
What we do for this profile.
Three services that a public-sector employee engages us for. You can start with any of them; the claim viability opinion is the usual way in.
- 01Claim viability opinionA lawyer from Ontier assesses your claim and tells you whether it is actionable, through which route, and what documentation is missing.
- 02Claim before the ECHRWe take your unenforced ruling to Strasbourg, where the State answers for what its bodies do not pay.
- 03Enforcement against the StateWe follow the European ruling through to payment: an enforceable title against the State, and attachment if it comes to that.
How we run it
One person accountable for the whole journey. No changing your point of contact along the way.
We gather the documents, assess the claim and set the strategy for all three phases at once. You know from the start where the whole route is going.
03 · Strasbourg
Application and judgment.
With the domestic title final and still unpaid, the case moves to the European Court of Human Rights, where the State answers for what its bodies have not paid.
- Art. 6 § 1
- Art. 1 Prot. 1
Example file · fictitious
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