#court

Savvas Papasavas has been re-elected vice-president of the general court of the European Union for the period from September 16 to August 31, 2028. The re-election follows a partial renewal of the court’...

A creditor who secures a court decision against a debtor may register it with the Land Registry as a charge on immovable property that is registered and has a title ...

A collateral agreement to pay under the table for an immovable property, in addition to being illegal and void, may also incur criminal liability of the contracting parties, and others ...

A lack of contractual liability or statute limitation when it comes to any hidden defects, failures or defective materials and consequential damages to apartment owners, which may arise after the ...

Good practice and honesty do not allow a party to vary a term in an agreement that two parties have reached in order to deceive the other party and transfer ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Famagusta after illegal drugs were found at his home and is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, police said. The operation was carried ...

Lawsuits were threatened in the north over the weekend over an alleged “campaign aimed at discrediting” a man who stood as a defence witness in the case of the five ...

Two men accused of being part of a serious criminal network will remain in custody until their trial in September, after the court of appeal rejected their appeals last week, ...

Israeli property developer Simon Aykut saw his request to be released from custody rejected by the Nicosia criminal court on Monday. Aykut is accused of developing and selling €43 million worth ...

Family peace and calm are essential conditions for the smooth cohabitation of spouses, as well as for the psychological development and health of their children. Where these do not exist, ...

The trial-within-a-trial over the case of German estate agent Eva Isabella Kunzel continued at the Nicosia criminal court. She is accused of unlawfully handling Greek Cypriot properties in the Turkish-held ...

Any transfer of an immovable property by a debtor made with the purpose of avoiding payment of debt owed to a creditor, cannot be tolerated by the court and upon ...

The release of the European Commission’s 2025 rule of law report could not have been timed better. It was published a few days after the ECtHR’s ruling about a ...

A graphology expert told a Cypriot court on Wednesday that he could not reach an “absolute conclusion” over disputed handwriting linked to a German woman accused of seizing Greek Cypriot ...

Public explanations of the reasons for dismissing judge Doria Varoshiotou, who exposed claims of foul play in the long-running case of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou should be forthcoming, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Representing a deceased person for whose estate no administrator has been appointed, may be done through a limited grant. This could be for a limited duration and for a specific ...

A man from Azerbaijan, suspected of serious offences including espionage and terrorism, will remain in police custody in Cyprus for another eight days. The suspect, who also holds British citizenship, ...

The mental distress that a person suffers as a result of a breach of a contract, which is intended to provide peace of mind and security, may give rise to ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Friday told the police that he was relieved of his duties as ...

The prosecution’s testimony will conclude at the next hearing of the trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged ...

In last week’s Tales from the Coffeeshop, Patroclos asked rhetorically: is everyone who publicly repeats some wild allegation about the courts investigated for contempt? To which the answer is ...

Concern for employees led to the safeguarding of their rights in the event of a transfer of an undertaking, establishment or part of an undertaking to another employer, as a ...

The development possibilities of a property depend on the urban planning in the area in which it is located. Consequently, urban planning changes and building permits, such as the granting ...

Six young adults have been arrested in Limassol on suspicion of using forged documents to secure residency and student permits in Cyprus, in what police are treating as a possible ...