Staffing issues in tourism sector must be dealt with
Cyprus has been established as an important attractive tourist destination and this year is heading towards a very high performance. Over the last few months bookings have exceeded 95 per cent ...
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Rights when a rental agreement expires
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 ...
Renting of communal parking space
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 ...
Tax evasion in real estate
Lack of controls by authorities enables illegalities
The system of taxation of real estate seems to leave enough room for exploitation and tax avoidance, due to loopholes in the legislation ...
Service of court documents within the European Union
European Regulation (EC) 1784/2020 entered into force on 01.07.2022 and regulates judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters between EU member states when a judicial or extrajudicial act must be transmitted from ...
Providing access to an enclosed property
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 for compensation due to town planning
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 ...
Obligations of statutory tenant and landlord
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 rights of property co-owners
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 ...
Failure to deposit a sale contract at the land registry
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 ...
Time limit for filing summons for directions
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 ...
Power to set aside arbitral award
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 ...
We need strong municipalities with strong mayors
The reform of local government must come through its essential modernisation
Local self-governing authorities that are capable of responding to their mission in the modern era, with powers and responsibilities ...
Registration of a trust at the land registry
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 ...
Requesting information from the land registry
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 ...
Agreement for the reservation of property
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 ...
Estate agent’s commission may be contractual or reasonable
AN estate agent, in the exercise of his profession, provides mediation services, with the aim of carrying out a real estate transaction between a seller and a buyer. The relationship ...
Annulment of fraudulent transfer of immovable property
Lending is a contractual relationship based on the granting of a loan or banking facility by a banking institution to an interested borrower for a specific use. It requires an ...
Specific performance in a collateral assignment agreement
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 ...
Appointment of a company liquidator
A liquidator must be a licensed insolvency practitioner
The liquidator of a company, if they are not the official receiver who by virtue of their office is qualified, must be ...
Agreement termination and parties’ rights
A legally terminated agreement ceases to be valid
An innocent party to a property sale agreement, whether a vendor or purchaser, can terminate it without this having any legal effects. ...
A contract induced by undue influence
Transfer of property made without free consent of the owner is voidable
The unstable health of a person may lead another person from the close family and friends to take ...
Licences for state housing
The licence is personal, non-assignable and non-inheritable and expires upon the death of the beneficiary
As part of its refugee housing policy, the state grants licences for the use of ...
Benefit in lieu of compensation for compulsory acquisition
When part of someone’s land is taken by compulsory acquisition to become a public road, the owner can accept the issuance of a building permit in exchange, based on ...