Publications

CYPRUS: Supreme Court’s Power to Suspend the Validity of Ex-Parte Injunctions issued by 1st Instant Court

Monday, 24 November 2025 10:32

Under Cyprus law, any person affected or influenced by an ex parte injunction, has the right to apply ex parte to the Supreme Court of Cyprus for permission to file a Writ of Certiorari seeking to...

Cyprus Supreme Court Affirms Power to Suspend Ex Parte Orders Conflicting with Foreign Court Decisions and the Doctrine of Comity

Wednesday, 12 November 2025 17:03

In a recent multi-billion and multi-jurisdictional dispute, our law firm, in collaboration with the leading Polish law firms Clifford Chance, Janicka, Kruzewski, Stosio I Wspólnicy Wspolnicy sp.k,...

Cyprus:District Court of Nicosia Dismisses Application to Amend Statement of Claim Under New Civil Procedure Regulations

Tuesday, 30 September 2025 13:19

In a recent judgment, the District Court of Nicosia dismissed an application by the Plaintiff to amend the Statement of Claim, applying the principles set out in the New Civil Procedure Regulations....

CYPRUS: Infringement of Copyright – Theft of Source Code – Anton Piller Search and Seizure Order

Friday, 04 July 2025 10:57

In a recent high-stake intellectual property case, Pittas Legal Team acting on behalf of the Claimant/victim of the wrongdoing, succeeded in obtaining an ex parte Anton Piller Search and Seizure...

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 08:42

In 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 10:09

In 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 12:43

SOTERIS 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...