4.  The applicant was born in 1945 and lives in Novaj. 5.  In the context of the protraction of a former administrative procedure concerning a land dispute, the applicant brought an official liability action on 12 May 2003. 6.  The Heves Regional Court rejected the action but, on appeal, the second-instance court quashed the decision and remitted the case to it. 7.  The first-instance court dismissed the claim again on 13 September 2007. 8.  On appeal, the Budapest Regional Court of Appeal considered the first-instance judgment as an interlocutory decision and reversed it. 9.  The second-instance court found for the applicant by pronouncing the liability of the administrative authority on 31 January 2008. 10.  Concerning the amount of damages, the first-instance court delivered a judgment on 23 December 2009. 11.  On appeal, the Budapest Court of Appeal essentially upheld this decision on 3 June 2010.