4.  The applicants were born in 1977 and live in Ljubljana. 5.  On 2 October 2007 the applicants instituted civil proceedings against O. J. before the Ljubljana District Court with regard to the defects of the apartment they had bought from her. 6.  On 2 April 2008 the applicants requested a hearing. 7.  On 4 April 2008 the Ljubljana District Court responded that the applicants’ case could not be granted priority and that it would not be possible to schedule a hearing until the end of 2008. 8.  On 6 February 2009 the applicants lodged a supervisory appeal. They stressed inter alia that according to the Court Rules the first instance decision should be issued within eighteen months whereas their case had already been pending for fourteen months. 9.  On 26 February 2009 the President of the Ljubljana District Court dismissed the applicant’s supervisory appeal, informing the applicants that the case could not be granted priority and that it was foreseen that, according to the order of precedence for non-priority cases a hearing would be scheduled in the second half of 2009. 10.  On 5 March 2009 the applicants lodged a motion for a deadline with the Ljubljana Higher Court. 11.  On 27 March 2009 the Ljubljana Higher Court dismissed the applicants’ motion for a deadline. It referred to the order of precedence and to the fact that their case was not considered to be a priority case. 12.  On 25 May 2009 the applicants lodged a constitutional appeal against the dismissal of the supervisory appeal and motion for a deadline, alleging that their right to a trial within reasonable time had been violated. 13.  On 3 November 2009 the Constitutional Court dismissed the applicants’ constitutional appeal. 14.  On 22 January 2010 the Ljubljana District Court held a main hearing and appointed a construction expert to assess the submissions in the claim. 15.  On 2 March 2010 the Ljubljana District Court dismissed the expert appointed in January 2010 and appointed another expert. 16.  Two hearings were postponed between April and June 2010. 17.  On 27 September 2010 the court held a hearing, heard the expert witness, issued an order addressed to the construction company K. Z. to provide the court with documentation concerning the construction of the apartment and adjourned the hearing until 8 December 2010. 18.  On 15 October 2010 the company K. Z. lodged an appeal against the order of the court to provide it with the documentation on the grounds that the order was insufficiently precise. 19.  A hearing scheduled for 8 December 2010 was postponed due to the appeal of the company K. Z. pending before the higher court. 20.  On 17 February 2011 the Ljubljana Higher Court granted the appeal of K. Z. and remitted the case back to first instance. 21.  At the hearing on 9 March 2011 the Ljubljana District Court indicated that a new order with regard to the company K. Z. would be issued and adjourned the hearing. 22.  On 24 March 2011 the Ljubljana District Court issued a new order addressed to the company K. Z. 23.  After the company K.Z. informed the court by letter dated 14 April 2011 that they would make the requested documentation available at the company’s office, the court on 19 April 2011 requested the expert to inspect the documentation and supplement the expert opinion. 24.  On 7 October 2011 the expert submitted the supplementary opinion. 25.  At the hearing on 11 January 2012 the court granted the applicant’s motion to appoint an expert on noise exposure. 26.  On 4 April 2012 the court appointed an expert on noise exposure. 27.  On 25 May 2012 the court received the expert opinion. 28.  On 24 August 2012 the court held a main hearing. It granted the motion that the construction expert opinion be amended by taking into account the opinion on noise pollution. 29.  On 15 October 2012 the construction expert submitted his supplemented opinion. 30.  On 15 March 2013 the Ljubljana District Court held a main hearing and heard the construction expert. On the same date the court issued its decision granting in large part the claim of the applicants. The decision was served to the applicants on 17 April 2013. Both parties appealed. 31.  The proceedings are still pending before the Ljubljana Higher Court.