#law

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 ...

Citizens should be involved in the protection of the environment The right to a healthy environment is a fundamental human right that has not yet been enshrined in international conventions ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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. ...

The farce surrounding the foreclosures law just refuses to go away. Our political parties, unable to find any other worthy cause to champion, have made it their mission to create ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday referred back to parliament a law it passed in late March regarding the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, deeming the legislation unconstitutional. ...

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 ...

The court has power to issue an order for the cancellation of a mortgage when the obligation secured has been paid off or ceased to exist A mortgage creditor has ...

No order for the recovery of possession of a property can be set aside if there is no compliance with the order of the court The recovery of possession of ...

In the event that termination of a sale contract for immovable property is held invalid, the purported termination constitutes a breach, resulting in consequences to the party in default Every ...