4.  The applicant was born in 1948 and lives in Makhachkala. 5.  In 2000 he bought a part of a house from a certain Y. The co-owner of the house, G., brought a court action against the applicant for annulment of the agreement, on the grounds that she (G.), having a pre-emption right, had not been informed about the agreement in advance in accordance with the domestic law. 6.  On 18 February 2004 the Leninskiy District Court of Makhachkala held in favour of G., transferred to her the property rights on the applicant’s part of the house and obliged her to reimburse the applicant its value. 7.  On 3 March 2004 Y., a co‑defendant to the proceedings along with the applicant, appealed against the judgment. On 16 March 2004 the applicant joined the appeal. 8.  On 2 April 2004 the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan quashed the judgment of 18 February 2004 on appeal and dismissed G.’s action. 9.  On 2 July 2004 G. lodged an application for supervisory review of the appeal judgment of 2 April 2004 with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan. 10.  On 16 September 2004 the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan referred the case to its Presidium. 11.  On 23 September 2004 the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan quashed the appeal judgment of 2 April 2004 for wrong assessment of evidence and upheld the judgment of 18 February 2004. 12.  The applicant submits that he was not duly informed about the date and the time of the hearing before the Presidium and therefore could not attend it. The other party’s representative was present and made submissions.