4.  The applicant was born in 1962 and lives in Livorno. 5.  Her grandmother was the owner of a flat in Livorno, which she had let to I.B.C. 6.  In a registered letter of 6 May 1987, the applicant's grandmother informed the tenant that she intended to terminate the lease on expiry of the term on 1 January 1988 and asked her to vacate the premises by that date. 7.  The tenant told the applicant's grandmother that she would not leave the premises and she fell in rent arrears. 8.  In a writ served on the tenant on 11 July 1989, the applicant's grandmother reiterated her intention to terminate the lease and summoned the tenant to appear before the Livorno Magistrate. 9.  By a decision of 31 July 1989, which was made enforceable on the same day, the Livorno Magistrate upheld the validity of the notice to quit and ordered that the premises be vacated by 1 January 1991. 10.  On 9 August 1991, the applicant's grandmother died and the applicant inherited the apartment. 11.  On 6 November 1991, the applicant served notice on the tenant requiring her to vacate the premises. 12.  On 22 January 1992, she informed the tenant that the order for possession would be enforced by a bailiff on 19 February 1992. 13.  On 12 November 1992, the applicant made a statutory declaration that she urgently required the premises as accommodation for herself. 14.  Between 19 February 1992 and 3 October 2000, the bailiff made fourteen attempts to recover possession. Each attempt proved unsuccessful, as the applicant was never granted the assistance of the police in enforcing the order for possession. 15.  In the meanwhile, on 10 July 1997, the applicant made a second statutory declaration that she urgently required the premises as accommodation for herself. 16.  On an unspecified date of June 2001, the applicant recovered possession of the flat.