4.  As respondent party, the applicant was involved in a case of property litigation as of 6 March 1996. 5.  Due to pending proceedings before the construction authorities, the Pest Central District Court suspended the procedure. Subsequently, a first hearing was held in 1999. 6.  The court separated the proceedings from further claims on 2 December 2004. 7.  On 27 June 2006 the court rejected the counterclaim of the applicant. 8.  On appeal, the Budapest Regional Court quashed this decision on 27 March 2007. It remitted this part of the action to the first-instance court. 9.  In the resumed proceedings the first-instance court partly found for the applicant on 27 January 2010. 10.  On appeal, the Budapest Court of Appeal upheld this judgment on 1 January 2010. 11.  The applicant lodged a petition for review; and the Supreme Court reversed the judgment on 9 November 2011. The decision was served on the applicant on 1 March 2012.