4.  The applicant was born in 1929 and lived in the town of Volnyansk, Zaporizhzhia region. He died on 29 December 2004. On 24 August 2006, the applicant's daughter Mrs Valentina Ivanovna Svistun informed the Court that she wished to pursue the application. 5.  In November 1994 the applicant instituted civil proceedings against the agricultural collective enterprise “Ukraina” seeking to withdraw his share (пай) estimated by him as an equivalent of UAH 22,000 (approximately EUR 3,200). 6.  On 25 April 1997 the Volnyansky District Court (hereinafter “the District Court”) found for the applicant. 7.  On 15 July 1997 the Zaporizhzhia Regional Court quashed this decision and remitted the case for a fresh consideration. 8.  On 15 April 1998 the District Court, upon its own initiative, ordered a forensic accounting examination in the case for specifying the value of the applicant's share. 9.  On 7 April 1999 the hearings were resumed. 10.  Between June 1999 and March 2001 all hearings scheduled were adjourned eleven times due to the expert's failure to attend the hearings, two times due to the absence of the court's secretary and eight times due to the absence of the respondent's representative. 11.  On 8 November 2001 the Volnyansky District Court found against the applicant. 12.  On 25 March and 11 October 2002 the Zaporizhzhia Regional Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, respectively, upheld this decision.