5.  The applicant was born in 1944 and lives in Ljubljana. 6.  On 18 October 1994 the applicant started working for the company called IP Aplrem (“IPA”). The employment contract was signed on 2 November 1994. On 8 November 1994 the Board of Employees of IPA (delavski svet, “the Board”) found that the director did not have the necessary authority to sign the employment contract and declared the contract void. 7.  On 24 November 1994 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Ljubljana Labour and Social Court (Delovno in socialno sodišče v Ljubljani) against IPA contesting the Board's decision and seeking payment of salaries.
On 16 October 1995 the court held a hearing because the respondent did neither appear before the court nor send a reply to the claim.
On 4 December 1995 the court held a hearing and requested the respondent to submit some documents.
On 31 January and 13 March 1996 the court held hearings.
After the latter hearing, the court issued a partial judgment and upheld the applicant's claim, annulled the contested decision and ordered that the applicant be reinstituted to the post of head of financial department. The determination of the amount of damages was adjourned. The decision was served on the applicant on 19 August 1996. 8.  On 2 September 1996 IPA lodged an appeal with the Higher Labour and Social Court (Višje delovno in socialno sodišče).
On 7 May 1998 the court allowed the appeal in part and ordered that the applicant be reemployed and appointed to a post corresponding to his knowledge and skills. The judgment was served on the applicant on 5 June 1998. 9.  On 1 July 1998 IPA lodged an appeal on points of law against the judgment of the second-instance court with the Supreme Court (Vrhovno sodišče), which was amended on 3 July 1998.
On 22 July 1998 the applicant was withheld from work with reduced pay (čakanje na delo), because the composition proceedings (postopek prisilne poravnave) had started against IPA and the company was reducing the number of employees. 10.  In the meanwhile, on 1 July 1998, the Ljubljana Labour and Social Court held a hearing with regard to the remainder of the applicants claims. The hearing was adjourned while the proceedings before the Supreme Court were pending.
On 8 June 1998 IPA reinstituted the applicant to his post.
On 22 December 1998 the court dismissed the appeal. The decision was served on the applicant on 18 February 1999.
On 7 August 1998 the applicant was made redundant.
On 3 March 1999 the Ljubljana Labour and Social Court held a hearing and ordered the respondent to calculate the amount of unpaid salaries owed to the applicant.
On 15 April 1999 the applicant lodged preliminary written submissions.
On 16 April 1999 the court held a hearing where the applicant amended his claim. Consequently, the hearing was adjourned to give the respondent time to prepare a reply.
On 19 May 1999 the court held a hearing and decided to appoint a financial expert to calculate the amount of salaries due. The appointed expert delivered the opinion on 29 June 1999.
On 19 July 1999 the applicant lodged preliminary written submissions.
On 20 October 1999 the court held a hearing and, upon request of the respondent, sought an additional opinion from the appointed expert. The expert delivered the amended opinion on 16 November 1999.
On 26 January 2000 the court held a hearing and the applicant amended his claim.
On 18 February 2000 the court held a hearing and delivered a judgment upholding the applicant's claims in part. 11.  On 14 March 2000 IPA appealed to the Higher Labour and Social Court.
On 24 November 2000 the court allowed the appeal in part and remitted the case to the first-instance court for fresh examination. 12.  On 14 March 2001 the Ljubljana Labour and Social Court held a hearing and delivered a judgment reaffirming the ruling of 18 February 2000. 13.  On 7 June 2001 IPA appealed to the Higher Labour and Social Court which, on 17 September 2001, allowed the appeal and again remitted the case for fresh examination. 14.  The hearing in the Ljubljana Labour and Social Court scheduled for 16 January 2002 was adjourned because the respondent and its representative did not attend.
On 6 and 29 March 2002 the court held hearings and, among other things, heard the appointed expert. The court delivered a judgment reaffirming the ruling of 18 February 2000. 15.  On 4 June 2002 IPA appealed against this judgment, but failed to pay the court fees. Consequently, on 1 July 2002, the court found that the appeal had been withdrawn. 16.  On 5 July 2002 IPA appealed against this decision to the Higher Labour and Social Court, which dismissed the appeal on 17 October 2002. The decision was served on the applicant on 12 November 2002 and became final one month later. 17.  On 4 September 2002 bankruptcy proceedings were instituted against IPA. 18.  On 9 March 2006, in the bankruptcy proceedings, the Ljubljana District Court (Okrožno sodišče v Ljubljani), decided that 0.806% of the creditors' claims could be paid from the bankrupt's estate.