4.  The applicant was born in 1934 and lives in Zagreb. 5.  On 8 August 1992 the applicant's house in Samobor, was blown up by unknown perpetrators. 6.  On 23 November 1992 the applicant brought a civil action against the State in the Samobor Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Samoboru) seeking damages. He relied on section 180 of the Civil Obligations Act. 7.  On 3 February 1996 the Amendment to the Civil Obligations Act (“the 1996 Amendment”) entered into force. It provided that all proceedings concerning actions for damages resulting from terrorist acts or acts of violence were to be stayed pending the enactment of new legislation on the subject. 8.  On 2 February 1999 the Samobor Municipal Court stayed the proceedings pursuant to the 1996 Amendment. 9.  On 31 July 2003 the Act on Liability for Damage Resulting from Terrorist Acts and Public Demonstrations (“the 2003 Liability Act”) entered into force. 10.  Pursuant to the 2003 Liability Act, on 8 January 2004 the Municipal Court resumed the proceedings. 11.  On 4 March 2004 the court declared the applicant's action inadmissible finding that it no longer had jurisdiction in the matter. The applicant appealed to the Velika Gorica County Court (Županijski sud u Velikoj Gorici). It would appear that the proceedings are currently pending before that court. 12.  Meanwhile, on 22 April 2002 the applicant lodged a constitutional complaint under section 63 of the Constitutional Court Act complaining about the length of the above civil proceedings and the lack of access to a court. On 24 February 2005 the Constitutional Court accepted the applicant's complaint. Relying on the Court's case law (Kutić v. Croatia, no. 48778/99, ECHR 2002‑II), it found violations of the applicant's constitutional rights to a hearing within a reasonable time and of access to a court. It ordered the County Court to give a decision in the applicant's case within a year and awarded him compensation in the amount of 7,800 Croatian kunas (HRK).