4.  The applicant is the owner of a flat in Milan, which it had let to E.S. 5.  In a writ served on the tenant on 24 April 1986, the applicant informed the tenant that it intended to terminate the lease on expiry of the term and summoned her to appear before the Milan Magistrate. 6.  By a decision of 12 May 1986, which was made enforceable on 22 May 1986, the Milan Magistrate upheld the validity of the notice to quit and ordered that the premises be vacated by 29 March 1987. 7.  On 5 June 1987, the applicant served notice on the tenant requiring her to vacate the premises. 8.  On 26 June 1987, the applicant informed the tenant that the order for possession would be enforced by a bailiff on 24 July 1987. 9.  Between 24 July 1987 and 9 November 1999, the bailiff made forty attempts to recover possession. Each attempt proved unsuccessful, as the applicant was not entitled to police assistance in enforcing the order for possession. 10.  On 14 January 2000, the applicant recovered possession of the flat.