4.  The applicant was born in 1966 and lives in Zsujta. 5.  On 4 December 1996 a private individual brought an action against the applicant before the Encs District Court, requesting the court to establish the invalidity of an agreement. 6.  Due to hospitalisation, the applicant did not appear at the hearings held between 21 July and 7 October 1997. 7.  On 7 June 2001 the applicant submitted a counter-claim against the plaintiff based on unjust enrichment. 8.  On 13 June 2006 the District Court gave judgment.
On appeal, the Borsod-Abaúj-County Regional Court upheld the first-instance decision in part, that is, in respect of the original action brought against the applicant, and remitted the remainder of the claims concerning unjust enrichment to the District Court on 21 November 2006. 9.  In the resumed proceedings the District Court gave judgment on 10 December 2007.
On appeal, the second-instance court accepted some claims and remitted the remainder to the first-instance court on 3 June 2008. 10.  In the meanwhile, on 8 January 2010 the applicant brought a separate action in compensation under section 349 of the Civil Code against the courts acting in his case, claiming that the proceedings had lasted an unreasonably long time. The proceedings are currently pending before the Nyíregyháza High Court. 11.  As regards the proceedings concerning the applicant’s counter-claim, several hearings were held. Following another remittal by the Regional Court, the District Court finally accepted the applicant’s counter-claim on 28 April 2010.
On appeal, the Regional Court reversed the judgment and dismissed the applicant’s claim on 18 November 2010.
This judgment was upheld by the Supreme Court on 19 May 2011.