5.  The applicant was born in 1961 and lives in Spała. 6.  By a judgment of 14 April 2010 the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court dismissed the applicant’s appeal against a second-instance administrative decision by which the Chief Inspector of Construction Supervision (Główny Inspektor Nadzoru Budowlanego) had refused to declare the Łódź Governor’s decision of 13 November 2009 null and void. 7.  On 12 May 2010 the judgment of 14 April 2010, together with its written grounds, was served on the applicant. 8.  On 24 May 2010 the applicant filed a motion to be exempted from the payment of court fees and for the assistance of a legal-aid lawyer for the purpose of lodging a cassation appeal with the Supreme Administrative Court. 9.  On 12 June 2010 the time-limit for lodging a cassation appeal expired. 10.  On 13 July 2010 the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court dismissed the motion for exemption from court fees but granted the applicant the assistance of a legal-aid lawyer. 11.  On 9 November 2010 the registry of the court requested the Warsaw Bar Association to assign a lawyer to the applicant’s case. 12.  On 16 November 2010 the Bar Association assigned E.K.S to represent the applicant. 13.  On 1 December the applicant received a letter from E.K.S. informing him that she had been appointed as his legal representative. 14.  On 15 December the legal-aid lawyer, E.K.S., asked the applicant to pay the court fees for the cassation appeal and to return to her confirmation of the bank to transfer in order to attach it to the cassation appeal. 15.  By a letter of 17 December 2010, served on the applicant on 20 December 2010, the lawyer informed the applicant that she had found no legal grounds on which she could draft a cassation appeal.