4.  The applicant was born in 1959 and lives in Békéscsaba. 5.  On 16 March 1998 J.H. brought an action for payment of rent before the Szeged District Court against a private individual. 6.  On 23 March 1999 the District Court suspended the proceedings pending the termination of separate legal proceedings between the same parties. The case was resumed on 12 December 2000. 7.  On 29 May 2001 J.H. assigned his claim to the applicant who joined the proceedings on 28 June 2001. 8.  The case was again suspended between 4 December 2001 and 26 May 2004 pending the termination of a closely related legal dispute. 9.  Following several hearings, the District Court delivered its judgment on 7 June 2005 which was served on the applicant on 7 July 2005. 10.  In a decision dated 1 September 2005 the District Court established that the first-instance judgment had become final and enforceable on 26 August 2005 in the absence of appeal by the parties.