Disposal of property to defraud a creditor
Disposition made with intent to defraud a creditor is deemed to have been made fraudulently and may be set aside by a court order
The court can set aside disposition ...
Failure of a district officer to consult with local authority
The district officer gives consent to the EAC to extend its network through a property, after consulting with the local authority
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus often needs to extend ...
Dangerous acts causing the death of another
By Alexandros Clerides
In any case where the death of a person results from an act of another person, there is a question as to how much this act will ...
Enforcement of a statutory duty
It may be ordered by applying for a writ of mandamus to the Supreme Court
Every person exercising public authority must properly apply the law for the benefit of the ...
Renewal of a writ of summons
A writ of summons is valid for 12 months unless it is renewed by a court order
There is often a need to renew a writ of summons, which is valid ...
Certification of forged power of attorney
Equivalent to participation in defrauding a property owner and taking away their property
The lack of adequate supervision and control of certifying officers provides the possibility of defrauding owners of ...
Two football fans fined, banned from games
Larnaca district court fined two football fans on Friday and banned them from stadium participation, after they were found guilty of violence at a football event which took place on ...
Enforcement of an award on an arbitration agreement
The arbitration clause in any agreement such as the provision of services, contracting, sale or rental of immovable property or agreement with any other object, is the basis for referring ...
Disputed amount and substantive jurisdiction of the Court
The civil jurisdiction of the District Courts is determined by article 22 of the Courts of Justice Law, 14/1960, following the general and specific instructions issued by the Supreme Court. The President ...
Defrauding a judgement creditor
If there is an act of defraud, the Court will issue an order for the payment of the due installments as monetary penalty
Failure of the judgment debtor to pay ...
Supreme Court gets tough on ‘unprecedented scourge’ of child porn and abuse
The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of the attorney-general, who challenged a ruling for a court of first instance to release on parole a woman facing a multitude of ...
Problem of delayed justice will be better in four to five years, officials say
The backlog of court cases is expected to improve within four to five years, once relevant legislative reforms have been implemented, President of the Supreme Court, Antonis Latsios, said on ...
Arbitrators adjudicate disputes and not claims
It is permissible to adjudicate disputes mentioned in the referral notice and not other claims
The jurisdiction of an arbitrator should be limited to adjudicating disputes which are the subject ...
Two drivers have licences suspended, one jailed
Two men had their driving licences suspended on Thursday for drink driving with one of them also receiving three months in prison, police said.
In the first case tried by ...
Issuance of a contradictory order of the court
The existence of an eviction order does not permit a new order to be issued without annulling the original one
When a court order is issued to recover possession of ...
Noise pollution from entertainment venues
A court may order that noise pollution be prohibited, except at the times and volume permitted by a licence from the competent authority
The operation of an entertainment venue requires ...
Bases court rejects Cyprus’ transfer request
In an apparent jurisdictional spat, a British Bases court has rejected Cypriot authorities’ request that they put on trial two people arrested in the summer after Sovereign Base Areas police ...
Surety for issuance of an order without notice
No interim order is issued unless a guarantee is provided in favour of the person against whom the order is sought
The court within the scope of its powers, upon ...
Appointment of a receiver or manager of the property of a company
It is a contractual right and is not subject to validation by the court or approval or acceptance by the registrar of companies
The security afforded to a company creditor ...
Nine cases of fake doctors before courts, 15 under investigation
A probe expected to wrap up by year’s end should give a clearer picture as to how many individuals are practicing medicine without the requisite qualifications, having taken advantage ...
Military court in north extends detention of GC bicommunal activist (Updated)
Bicommunal activist Andreas Soudjis, will remain in the north’s central prison until he is charged and the trial in the case against him begins, a military court in the ...
Couple charged after viral attack say video does not tell the whole story
The dispute between the couple and the asylum seeker dates back to April
The elderly Briton, who was caught on video, beating an Iranian woman outside a house in Kato ...
Greek Cypriot reunification activist held as ‘spy’ in the north (Update)
Andreas Soutzis, the Greek Cypriot man who was arrested as a suspected spy because he was using a walkie-talkie to stay in communication with friends, has been detained in the ...
An arbitration clause survives in statutory tenancy
A clause in a tenancy agreement referring a dispute to arbitration survives in statutory tenancy
The parties in any contract, including a tenancy agreement, may include a term providing that ...