Enforcement Of English Judgments In Cyprus

A recent judgment of the Cyprus Court of Appeal provides important guidance on the recognition and enforcement of English court judgments in Cyprus, third-party litigation funding, the doctrines of maintenance and champerty, and the limited circumstances in which recognition may be refused on public policy grounds.

In Civil Appeal No. E.56/2022, decided on 5 March 2026, the Court of Appeal upheld the recognition in Cyprus of two judgments of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales requiring the appellants to pay approximately £8 million in legal costs, together with interest.

The Court rejected all challenges to recognition, including arguments that the litigation-funding arrangement supporting the English proceedings was contrary to Cyprus public policy, that the applicants had failed to make full and frank disclosure when obtaining the initial recognition order, and that the English orders were neither final nor sufficiently quantified.