6.  The applicant was born in 1940 and lives in Warsaw, Poland. 7.  On 2 October 1984 the Warsaw District Court (Sąd Rejonowy) declared that the applicant should inherit his mother’s estate. On an unknown date in 1985 the applicant’s step-father M.O. filed an application with the Warsaw District Court for division of their marital property. 8.  On 9 June 1988 the court gave a decision. On 4 April 1989 the Warsaw Regional Court (Sąd Wojewódzki) dismissed the applicant’s further appeal. On 15 November 1989, on an extraordinary appeal lodged by the General Prosecutor, the Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) set aside both above decisions and remitted the case to the court of first instance. 9.  On 8 June 1992 the court stayed the proceedings. They were later resumed on 4 November 1996. 10.  Between 6 May 1998 and 15 November 2002 the trial court held nine hearings. 11.  The proceedings are pending before the Warsaw District Court.