4.  The applicant was born in 1964 and lives in Voronezh. 5.  On 12 July 2002 the applicant rented out his flat to M. 6.  On 26 September 2002 M. allegedly forgot to turn off water in the bathroom and thus damaged neighbouring flats of Sh. and A. 7.  Subsequently M. compensated damages to Sh., but refused to pay A., considering the sums claimed excessive. 8.  On 20 November 2002 A. brought proceedings against the applicant for damages. M. took part in the proceedings as a co‑defendant. 9.  On 12 November 2003 the Justice of the Peace of the 3rd Court Circuit ordered the applicant to pay A. 40,983 Russian roubles (RUB) in damages and to pay the authorities RUB 1,639.49 of legal costs. 10.  The applicant lodged an appeal and on 28 April 2004 the Sovetskiy District Court of Voronezh quashed the judgment, found that there was no fault by the applicant in the damage caused to the A.'s flat and awarded A. RUB 15,261 from M. 11.  On 27 August 2004 A. lodged an application for supervisory review of the appeal judgment. 12.  On 14 February 2005 the Presidium of the Voronezh Regional Court quashed that appeal judgment and upheld the judgment of 12 November 2003. The Presidium reassessed the evidence and found that though on 25 September 2002 the applicant concluded an agreement under which he should have obtained the right of property to the flat, this right was duly registered only on 10 April 2003. Therefore before that date the applicant could not rent out his flat to anyone. Thus he remained the flat's sole de jure owner and should have been responsible for it. 13.  On 7 Mach 2007 the applicant transferred to the bailiffs RUB 42,322.49 in accordance with the Presidium decision of 14 February 2005.