4.  The applicant is a privately held company limited by shares with its seat in Budapest. 5.  In the context of a real estate dispute, on 10 September 1993 the applicant brought an action before the Pest Central District Court. The litigation concerned in essence the allegedly unlawful use of business premises by another company and the resultant damages. 6.  A first-instance partial judgment was quashed on appeal in October 1998. In the resumed proceedings the District Court gave interim judgment in April 1999, upheld on appeal in June 2000. 7.  Other aspects of the case were adjudicated by the District Court in February 2001. This decision was upheld on appeal in October 2001 and by the Supreme Court on 15 January 2004. 8.  As regards the remainder of the claims, the District Court found for the respondents on 15 December 2005. On 27 February 2007 the Budapest Regional Court upheld this judgment. Relying essentially on documentary evidence, the Regional Court held in essence, that the applicant had no locus standi to seek the nullification of the rental agreement in question. 9.  On 28 January 2008 the Supreme Court rejected the applicant’s petition for review.
The applicant submitted that subsequently criminal proceedings had been initiated on a charge of corruption against the judge involved in the principal proceedings. This case is apparently still pending.