4.  The applicant was born in 1962 and lives in Zagreb. 5.  On 6 July 2000 the applicant brought a civil action against his former employer, a Hungarian company called GE L.T. Rt., in the Zagreb Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Zagrebu), challenging his dismissal and seeking payment of his salary arrears and a bonus for outstanding work performance. On an unspecified date the defendant in the proceedings lodged a counter-claim, requesting that the applicant reimburse the bonus which the company had allegedly overpaid him. 6.  The Zagreb Municipal Court held hearings on 13 October 2000 and 21 February 2001. On 21 February 2001 the Zagreb Municipal Court declared the applicant’s claim inadmissible as being lodged out of time. On 5 February 2002 the Zagreb County Court quashed that decision and remitted the case to the first-instance court. 7.  On 15 April 2003 the Zagreb Municipal Court dismissed the applicant’s claim in the part challenging his dismissal, as being lodged out of time. The applicant did not appeal against that decision, which thus became final. The proceedings continued in respect of the remainder of the applicant’s claims and the defendant’s counter-claim. 8.  On 20 July 2005 the applicant lodged a constitutional complaint about the length of the proceedings. On 12 July 2006 the Constitutional Court found a violation of the applicant’s right to a hearing within a reasonable time. It awarded the applicant 9,000 Croatian kunas (HRK) and ordered the Zagreb Municipal Court to decide the case in the shortest time possible and not later than eight months after the publication of the decision of the Constitutional Court in the Official Gazette. 9.  The Constitutional Court’s decision was published in the Official Gazette on 28 August 2006 and the eight-month period expired on 29 April 2007. 10.  The proceedings are currently pending before the Zagreb Municipal Court.