PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS 2025
CYPRUS: A debt under an unrecognized foreign judgment or foreign arbitral award, cannot be a basis for a winding up petition or a bankruptcy petition
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 08:42In the recent English Appellate decision in SERVIS TERMINAL LLC -V- DRELLE (2025) EWCA CIV 62, it has been held that a foreign judgment which has not been recognized and enforced in England, cannot...
CYPRUS: The use of the Anton Piller Order in cases of theft or infringement of Source Code or copyrights, or database rights
Thursday, 13 February 2025 10:09In a recent case handled by our litigation team, our Clients succeeded in obtaining, inter alia, a draconian Anton Piller Order against Cypriot resident individuals, who had allegedly stolen, inter...
CYPRUS: SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC secures Ex Parte Free-Standing Injunctions in aid of Liechtenstein Civil Proceedings
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 12:43SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC, announces the successful ex parte issuance of free-standing injunctive relief in aid and in support of substantive civil proceedings pending before the Courts of the...
PUBLICATIONS 2024
CYPRUS: SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC Legal Team has successfully obtained and executed an Anton Piller Order
Monday, 30 December 2024 13:04Soteris Pittas & Co LLC is pleased to share the successful outcome in a high-stake legal matter handled before the District Court of Limassol. Our litigation team has successfully secured, inter...
CYPRUS: Free standing injunctions in aid and/or in support of Foreign Civil Proceedings to be filed or which are pending in countries outside European Union
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 11:08Until recently, Cyprus Courts had and continue to have jurisdiction to grant interim relief in support of pending civil proceedings filed before Courts of EU Member States, as per the EU Regulation...
CYPRUS: The principle that Courts do not act in vain
Monday, 30 September 2024 11:40In a recent appellate case in which our law office acted for the successful party, the Appellate Court dismissed the appeal on, inter alia, the ground that “Courts do not act in vain”. In the...
CYPRUS: CHABRA INJUNCTION AND THE TEST OF “GOOD REASON TO SUPPOSE”
Monday, 23 September 2024 12:58In a recent Appellate case, which was handled by our office, on behalf of the successful party, the Appellate Court dismissed the appeal of a party – (which had intervened in an Originating...
CYPRUS: Persons suing in a representative capacity (i.e. nominal Plaintiff), on behalf of other persons are obliged to deposit security for costs
Tuesday, 17 September 2024 17:24In a recent case, handled by our office, a Cypriot court ordered a Cypriot administrator of the estate of a deceased foreign resident person (on the basis of a limited grant), to deposit security...
Cyprus: No further permission is needed to continue proceedings in Higher Court against a Company under liquidation if such permission had been already granted by First Instance Court
Monday, 09 September 2024 10:27In the context of the Appeal under number E223/21, the Appellants filed an application to amend the title of the Appeal requesting the replacement of the Special Administrator with the Liquidator....
Political incentives to boost the economy are not enough to qualify an act as governmental
Thursday, 25 July 2024 10:31The Plenary of the Administrative Court in its recent decision held that the act of rejecting an application for naturalisation is not considered as governmental act, and therefore their legality...
Vacancy of a position in the Public Sector does not revive the previous announcement of the said position
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 12:17In a recent decision in Appeal to a decision of the Administrative Court No. 24/2018, the Supreme Constitutional Court exercising its appellate jurisdiction based on the Transitional provisions...
CYPRUS CITIZENSHIP: NEW CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION DUE TO YEARS OF RESIDENCE
Tuesday, 04 June 2024 09:59Published on 19/12/2023 in the Official Gazette and with an immediate effect, Cyprus Parliament voted amendments to Civil Registry Law (“the Law”) governing the naturalization of foreign nationals...
CYPRUS: Amendment to the Sale of Property (Specific Performance) Law
Friday, 24 May 2024 11:39The amended Sale of Property (Specific Performance) Law (Law N. 132(I)/2023) came into force on 12/12/2023 to protect the purchaser’s interests. The Law applies to Contracts signed on or after...
The exemption of a judge shall not be unreasonable or unjustified
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:23The Supreme Court exercising its jurisdiction based on the Administration of Justice (Various Provisions) (Amendment) Law of 2022, Law 145(I)/2022 and Article 9(3)(e) considered an application for...
SUPREME COURT OF CYPRUS - Jurisdiction pursuant to Article 9(3)(c) of Law 33/1964-Application for Grant of Permission
Thursday, 04 April 2024 08:53On July 1, 2023, the Procedure Rules of the Supreme Court of 2023 were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus and entered into force. According to the said Procedure Rules, from...
It is not permitted to a Court to act like an expert in relation to issues which are the subject of scientific knowledge
Friday, 23 February 2024 09:18The Supreme Court examining the appeal case No. 298/2014 between Α.Α.Ι. v Dr. M.CH, filed by a patient against a doctor, set aside the first instance Court decision on, inter alia, the ground that...
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