4.  The applicant was born in 1966 and lives in Tel-Aviv. 5.  On 19 October 1998 Mr S. instituted proceedings in the Kirovskyy District Court of Dnipropetrovsk against the applicant and the company V. seeking division of inheritance. 6.  On 20 October 1998 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Babushkinskyy District Court of Dnipropetrovsk seeking endorsement of her right to the inheritance. 7.  On 26 February 1999 the applicant lodged with the Kirovskyy District Court a counterclaim against Mr S. 8.  On 21 August 1999 the Babushkinskiy Court transferred the applicant’s case to the Kirovskyy Court. 9.  On 25 October 1999 the Kirovskyy Court joined the claims lodged on 19 and 20 October 1998. 10.  On 28 September 2000 the court rejected the request of Mr S. to order the attachment of the disputed property. On 30 October 2000 the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Court quashed that decision and remitted the matter to the first instance court for fresh consideration. 11.  On 12 December 2000 the court refused to order the attachment. That decision was not appealed against. 12.  On 2 June 2004 the applicant requested the court to order the attachment of the disputed property. 13.  On 25 January 2005 the court rejected that request. 14.  On 18 April 2005 the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Court of Appeal quashed that decision and remitted the matter to the first instance court for fresh consideration, the outcome of which is unknown. 15.  On 25 November 2009 the court endorsed the friendly settlement concluded by the parties. 16.  Fifty-nine hearings were scheduled in the applicant’s case. According to the Government, the applicant was responsible for the adjournment of twenty-one hearings, while other parties in the case were responsible for further thirty-one adjournments.