Cyprus Property Forum for Buyers, Sellers & Investors

"Stop all payments, disown the property and wait for the Bank to take legal action - possibly 8 years - and hope that the UK courts will be lenient in enforcing the Cypriot court's judgement." UK Courts are oblidged to enforce Cypriot court's judgments and this is the way in which now banks instruc...

Who told you that bankruptcy affects only your property in Cyprus? Please read the law (Cap.5) before taking such decisions.

It is no so easy to prove banks' negligence, but it is interesting. Be careful to establish all the necessary elements of negligence (duty, breach of duty, damage, causation). Which bank is the "lucky"? In which city the action is to be taken?

Dear Nigel, Of course, if a lawyer undertook the duty to investigate and inform his/her client about the legal status of the purchased building and he/she failed to do so (he/she did not act in the way in which a reasonable lawyer would act under the same circumstances), with a result the purchaser ...

That law is very broad in Cyprus for some reasons. Particularly the article 3(b) of Roads and Buildings Cap.96 provides, inter alia , that you are guilty not only if you take part (actively) to the contracting of the building, but also when you suffer or permit the contracting of the building by som...

I am Christine. I live in Paphos and my first language is Greek. Your forum is very informative and helpful for property issues.

My parents made their wills in Cyprus for their estate in Cyprus (house). They both bought that property from a developer in Paphos a couple of years ago. There are no title deeds, the project is mortaged by the developer. The contract of sale is registered to the Land Registry Office. My mother die...