5.  The applicant was born in 1975 and lives in Gdynia. 6.  On 29 August 2000 the applicant was charged with having committed various offences, inter alia robberies, and was detained on remand. Subsequently criminal proceedings were instituted against him before the Gdańsk Regional Court. 7.  On 15 May 2001 the bill of indictment comprising initial charges brought against the applicant was filed with the Gdańsk Regional Court. 8.  On 24 June 2004 the applicant was released from detention by the decision of the Gdańsk Regional Court. 9.  On 11 July 2006 the Gdańsk Regional Court decided that it was not competent to examine the case and ordered that it be transferred to the Brodnica District Court. On 9 August 2006 the Gdańsk Court of Appeal upheld this decision. 10.  On 20 September 2007 the Brodnica District Court ordered that the case be transferred to the Toruń Regional Court finding the latter court competent to examine the case having regard to the recent amendments in the applicable law. 11.  On 14 November 2007 the Brodnica District Court quashed its previous decision concerning the question of competence. 12.  It appears that the proceedings are currently still pending before the Brodnica District Court acting as a court of first-instance and no hearing has yet been held in the case. 13.  On 5 October 2004 the Gdańsk Regional Court rejected the applicant’s complaint under the Law of 17 June 2004 on complaints about a breach of the right to a trial within a reasonable time (Ustawa o skardze na naruszenie prawa strony do rozpoznania sprawy w postępowaniu sądowym bez nieuzasadnionej zwłoki) (“the 2004 Act”) on formal grounds. 14.  On 25 March 2005 the Gdańsk Court of Appeal examined the applicant’s second complaint under the 2004 Act and dismissed it as ill‑founded. The court established that the bill of indictment had been lodged as early as 15 May 2001; however, the case had been very complex, which justified the overall length of the proceedings. 15.  The applicant’s subsequent complaints under the 2004 Act were rejected on 15 November 2005 and 27 April 2006 for various procedural reasons.