4.  The applicant was born in 1945 and lives in Donetsk. 5.  On 17 November 2001 she instituted court proceedings against her employer and the Social Insurance Fund for the recovery of health-related payments allegedly due to her. 6.  On 10 September 2003 the Kuybyshevskyy District Court (“the District Court”) delivered a judgment. The applicant appealed against it. On 13 November 2003 the Donetsk Regional Court of Appeal (“the Court of Appeal”) requested the applicant to lodge her appeal, by 25 December 2003, in accordance with the procedural requirements. Following that, on 15 January 2004 it quashed the above judgment and remitted the case for fresh examination. 7.  On 29 November 2004 the District Court delivered a judgment. On 25 March 2005 the Court of Appeal upheld it. On 3 October 2007 the Kyiv City Court of Appeal, acting as a court of cassation, quashed the above decisions and remitted the case for fresh examination. 8.  On 17 June 2010 the District Court rejected the applicant’s claim as unsubstantiated. 9.  According to the Government, in the course of the proceedings the applicant modified her claim on four occasions. Two hearings were adjourned due to the applicant’s and other parties’ failure to appear. Thirty further hearings were adjourned, mainly due to other parties’ failure to appear, the absence or sickness of a judge, the need to collect additional documents or for unspecified reasons. Two expert examinations were ordered and lasted for about one year and one month.