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Medical files contain personal data that patients are entitled to receive a copy of free of charge Among the fundamental human rights of every natural person who becomes a patient ...

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr both testified on Thursday that they had no involvement with documents that a judge has ruled were fraudulently manipulated to inflate the value of ...

The decisive factor is the granting of exclusive possession for a fixed period at a stated consideration There are many cases where there is confusion as to whether the legal ...

The representation of another person presupposes the existence of authorisation mainly through power of attorney and the transaction carried out is valid and binding on the principal. According to the ...

The department of town planning and housing and the municipalities acting as town planning authorities are materially responsible for the granting of town planning permits, authorising building or the execution ...

When a restriction on property causes a substantial reduction in value, compensation must be paid The owner of a property affected by the laying of any electric line either above ...

The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north for attempting to cross the Ayios Dometios crossing point with counterfeit car insurance documents was denied bail at a court hearing on Thursday. ...

In England this happened in 1999 and in Cyprus this month so it was about time The administration of civil justice in the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has a brand new ...

A property owner who notifies a tenant when their rental agreement expires that they do not intend to renew it and calls on the tenant to surrender the property, is ...

The law of equity and trust intervenes and protects the tenant When the underground space of a building, intended to be communal parking space, is rented out to be used ...

Existing access for the benefit of a neighbouring property should be taken into account Some properties are enclosed and lack the necessary right-of-way to a public road, or have insufficient ...

Claim must be submitted within six months from the date of the notice of the town planning decision When seeking compensation due to land value being negatively affected by a ...

The tenant is obliged to pay rent and the owner to make repairs A lease, like any other contract, contains the contractual rights and obligations for landlords and tenants. In ...

The trial of a man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot Zehie Helin Reessur in the north in January has been postponed again, this time until August 11 to facilitate more ...

The right of ownership takes precedence over possession, unless it was acquired as a privilege or right and registered with the land registry The right to own immovable property, and ...

Late deposition may be permitted by a court order If a buyer fails to deposit a sale contract they have entered into for the purchase of a property without a ...

Failure to file renders the action abandoned and subject to dismissal Under Order 30 of the Civil Procedure Rules, there is a ninety-day period from the date on which pleadings are ...

An arbitral award procured in violation of the principles of natural justice is subject to annulment Arbitrators are subject to review by the court, and where an arbitrator has committed ...

An immovable property is transferred and registered in the name of the trustee A person wishing to transfer an immovable property to a loved one or any other person, can ...

Cyprus has a problematic legal system through which it takes a very long time to secure a court decision, with the end result being that those in the wrong get ...

The director of the land registry provides information to an interested person for any entry or transfer in the land registry upon payment of a fee There are various reasons ...

Reservation fees are not refundable if the interested party backs out of the purchase A property owner may take a reservation fee from an interested purchaser in exchange for taking ...

It presupposes the issuance of a title deed and failure by the buyer to fulfil his obligations to the bank A collateral assignment agreement is commonly used by a property ...

People that work in the public sector may be referred to as public servants, but this is a misnomer if ever there was one. Rather than serve the public, these ...