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Hello Pantheman: your 2 cents are much appreciated.

The house, and plot of land, are both in Dali, Nicosia, and my Cypriot Estate Agent recommended the law firm I'm using, to me.

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'2. The law firm I use always seeks the permission of the giving the power before signing any document or ...

Hi,

Just to add my 2 cents worth.

1. UK solicitors do not know what is required on a SPOA for the land registry to accept it. The local lower does.

2. The law firm I use always seeks the permission of the giving the power before signing any document or making any payments.

3. The is some ...

Nigel Howarth wrote: 09 Jun 2025 19:43 Hi Andrew

I've replied to your PM - I've never heard of the firm.

Unless they've changed the rules, you don't need to get the signed and certified PoA apostilled - just courier it to the lawyer in Cyprus.

Regards

Cheers!

Hello Nigel! Thank you for your response.

My mother can't travel to Cyprus, or London to the Cyprus High Commission, so I have a local Notary, who can witness the signing, then send the SPOA to the foreign office to be Apostilled, and then couriered from there to the Cypriot law firm. All that part ...

Hello

My mother and I are UK residents, and I'm helping her with her property (which is in Cyprus)

I've employed a law firm in Nicosia to create a Specific Power of Attorney which allow them to search the Land Registry for house documentation,
and sell/rent, etc, her house and a plot of land (the ...