4.  The applicant was born in 1971 and lives in Szentendre. 5.  On 21 July 1999 a foundation brought an action against the applicant before the Szentendre District Court, requesting the court to establish the invalidity of an agreement. The action was dismissed in June 2000. This decision was quashed on appeal by the Pest County Regional Court on 12 March 2002. 6.  In the resumed proceedings the case was transferred between several courts due to a dispute over competence. 7.  Finally the Dunakeszi District Court dismissed the plaintiff’s action on 11 June 2007. This judgment was served on the applicant’s lawyer on 13 July 2007. According to the rules of Code of Civil Proceedings, the parties had fifteen days from this date to submit an appeal against the judgment. 8.  In the absence of appeals, the judgment became final on 18 September 2007.