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Homebuyers’ Pressure Group Protest – 10am on 10/3/2010
By chance I stumbled across a notice on the HBPG website: “The first protest will take place on Wednesday the 10th March, starting from Gonyeli Roundabout at 0900 and driving in convoy to Parliament. At the request of buyers a meeting was held with the Construction Association to discuss buyers supporting them at their planned protests... »
EU property decisions now contradict each other
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) established that Greek Cypriots could pursue their property cases in a British court after having first established their case in a Republic of Cyprus (RoC) court. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in their decision concerning the Immovable Property Commission(IPC), established that Greek Cypriots must first approach... »
Turkey to buy north Cyprus?
Greek Cypriots are starting to wake up and realise the impact of the ECHR’s decision to make the Immovable Property Commission the first stop for their property issues. The only other alternative is to await a solution. The expectation is that once a solution seems to be only a distant possiblity, GCs will start... »
ECHR ruling [on TRNC Property Commission] a victory for common sense and Cyprus
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Human rights group Embargoed! welcomed today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which upheld that the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in North Cyprus was an “accessible and effective” local remedy for Greek Cypriot refugees. The group called the judgment “a victory for common sense and Cyprus”. In its landmark ruling on the... »
The Immovable Property Commission is vindicated
The ECHR applicants were 17 Cypriot nationals of Greek-Cypriot origin, living in Nicosia, Limassol, Lakatamia and Larnaca. They were complaining that they’d been deprived of the use of their property and/or access to their homes in northern Cyprus as a result of the Turkish military operations in July and August 1974 and the division... »
Tit for tat, how to use “exchange” land to your advantage
What I am suggesting in this article is that ex-pats in a similar situation to the Orams should not sit around waiting for Greek Cypriots to issue writs suing them for trespass but that instead they should take the initiative. Many of us have TRNC title deeds designated as “exchanged deeds” which implies that... »
Property – a problem shared is a problem quadrupuled
I have just read that the RoC are to issue Certificates of Ownership to Greek Cypriot refugees occupying land belonging to Turkish Cypriots in the south. The legality of these certificates outside of the RoC is questionable as they seem to be similar to the TRNC title deeds passed on to ex-pats in the... »
GCs to get “Certificates of Ownership” for TC property
It looks as if the GC Interior Minister, Neoclis Sylikiotis, is having another go at giving deeds to GC refugees living in TC property. In an interview with the Cyprus Mail he reiterated earlier statements that he will be attempting to negotiate with the original TC owners in order to be able to give... »
Apostilides judgement about to backfire on GCs?
Meletis Apostolides’ Orams judgement established one fact of law in the EU, if you trespass on a Cypriot refugee’s property then you can be made to leave it and to demolish anything built on it. This law applies no matter whoever the trespasser is and that also applies to the government. After 1974, the south... »
Aga Saga – would you put up with the put offs?
These are the results of the United Amaranta Buyers (UAB) Meeting held on 30th January 2010 after which we have answered Q.13. Anyone still not sure whether to join the Aga Buyers Action Group (ABAG) in the Tsimpedes lawsuit, we draw their attention to the answer to this question and also the questions regarding... »
