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An injunction is an order of the court that requires a party either to do a specified act (mandatory injunction) or to refrain from doing a specified act.

Expert evidence plays an important role in complex civil litigation, particularly in construction, medical negligence, valuation, engineering and commercial disputes. Its purpose, however, is often misunderstood.

In a first-instance judgment, the Supreme Court of Cyprus examined the meaning of 'recognisance' under the Civil Procedure Law (Section 9(2) of Cap 6).

The foundation of the relationship between a lawyer and his Client, in the effective representation by a lawyer of his Client’s interests, is the privilege of confidentiality.

In the recent Supreme Court case Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications v Alrena Investments Limited, the appellants challenged the first-instance court judgment ...

In its recent judgment in Appeal No. 171/20, dated 11 June 2025, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus delivered a landmark ruling affirming the principle of legality and underlining the duty of the administration to correct its own actions, promptly and without judicial prompting, once these have been annulled by a final court decision.

As a matter of reasonable consistency, it cannot be permitted to one party to secure and hold documents of confidential nature, which belong to another party, without any prior legal authorization to this effect.

The Larnaca District Court recently issued a decision on the validity of a sworn affidavit by a lawyer on behalf of his clients in the context of an interim application based on Articles 82 to 90

A recent decision from the Cyprus Court of Appeal, issued on 17 November 2025, has drawn a bright red line around how parties may use information obtained through these orders.

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, commonly known as SLAPPs, are legal actions designed to silence or intimidate individuals or groups who dare to speak out against powerful entities...

The same approach has been followed by the first-instance courts in cases of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

The defendant in a recent case before the Larnaca Permanent Assize Court was accused of raping a Danish student in Oroklini village in the Larnaca area on 1 October 2018 in violation of Articles 144 and 145 of the Criminal Code.

Furthermore, a breach of an injunction constitutes a contempt of Court which is punishable by either penalty or imprisonment or both.

The issue of jurisdiction was at the centre of a recent action in the Limassol District Court, which dismissed the claimant's case at an early stage after hearing an application filed by the defendant...

Our Executive Chairman Stavros Pavlou, FCIArb, Bsc (Econ), Barrister, TEP and our Associate Salomi Stavrou wrote the Cyprus chapter of this guide.

A recent judgment of the Admiralty Court is a useful reminder of the need to prove a claim in in rem proceedings.

EU Council Framework 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 regulates the organization and content of the exchange of information from the criminal record between Member States.

Trespass — the unlawful and direct interference with immovable property — continues to be one of the most pressing threats to landowners' rights in Cyprus.