Ever since I accidentally discovered on the World Wide Web the decision of the Constitutional Court in Zagreb concerning my litigation with the former mayor of Motovun, I have been trying to get in touch with my lawyer (“The Decision,” March 8, 2015). I sent him a load of electronic-mail messages, and I called him many times by phone. The only response I got from someone in his office was that the notice about the fee I must pay for the cockroach insult would come to me by mail from the Municipal Court in Pazin. In the meanwhile, there was nothing I ought to do. All my questions about the appeal to Strasbourg have remained unanswered, though.

Thus I let my lawyer go and engaged another one, who has considerable experience with Strasbourg. After much thought, the decision was made yesterday evening. Amazingly, my former lawyer responded at once to my electronic-mail message about his release. The transfer of all the documents from the former to the new lawyer will apparently take some time, but this morning I sent an advance payment to the new lawyer. I also sent him a copy of my new book for the judges of the European Court of Human Rights (“The Strasbourg Book,” March 16, 2015). I hope he will have all the ammunition he needs well ahead of the six-month deadline, which falls on June 11, 2015. The magical date.

Having done all this, there is nothing else for me to do. Now everything rests with my new lawyer. I can prod him from time to time, but that is about it. Once the appeal goes to Strasbourg, there will be a long wait. Assuming that it is not rejected out of hand, the appeal will take at least a year, if not longer. And the best I can do in the meanwhile is to stay cool, as the expression goes. Yoga time, in short. Regular yoga practice is my best bet, no doubt. With the help of the former mayor of Motovun, I may well reach enlightenment by the time I get the final verdict from Strasbourg. My most sincere thanks thus go to him well ahead of time. One way or another, he will end up being my greatest benefactor ever.