LOCUS STANDING OF A FOREIGN LIQUIDATOR OR FOREIGN COURT APPOINTED INTERIM RECEIVER TO FILE COURTS PR
CYPRUS: LOCUS STANDING OF A FOREIGN LIQUIDATOR OR FOREIGN COURT APPOINTED INTERIM RECEIVER TO FILE COURTS PROCEEDINGS BEFORE CYPRUS COURT
CYPRUS: The Chabra jurisdiction of Cypriot Courts
In the case GDL TRADING LTD -V- AGROMARKETS LTD & OTHERS, the District Court of Nicosia inter alia held – (adopting English case law) – that the jurisdiction of the Courts to grant Chabra injunction, arises when:
CYPRUS: Common Law Tort of Conspiracy
Conspiracy is recognized in Cyprus as a common law tort.
CYPRUS: AN ANTISUIT INJUNCTION ISSUED BY AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL DOES NOT VIOLATE THE EU REGULATION 44/
CYPRUS: AN ANTISUIT INJUNCTION ISSUED BY AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL DOES NOT VIOLATE THE EU REGULATION 44/2001 (which has been replaced by EU Reg. 1215/12).
JURISDICTION OF THE CYPRUS COURTS TO GRANT INTERIM RELIEF IN AID AND/OR IN SUPPORT OF PROCEEDINGS PE
CYPRUS: JURISDICTION OF THE CYPRUS COURTS TO GRANT INTERIM RELIEF IN AID AND/OR IN SUPPORT OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING BEFORE THE COURTS OF MEMBER STATES, OR IN AID AND/OR IN SUPPORT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS
NO PHARMACAL ORDERS WHEN THERE IS AN INFRINGEMENT OF THE “MERE WITNESS” RULE.
In the English case AXA EQUITY & LAW LIFE –V- NATIONAL WESTMINISTER BANK (1998) CHC 117 (which has been adopted and followed by Cypriot Courts), the Court refused disclosure on the basis that the claimant had already made out a prima facie case against the accountancy firm they were suing, and did not require Norwich …
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A NORWICH PHARMACAL ORDER IS ISSUED WHEN THE APPLICANT SATISFIES THE COURT THAT THE INFORMATION REQU
CYPRUS: A NORWICH PHARMACAL ORDER IS ISSUED WHEN THE APPLICANT SATISFIES THE COURT THAT THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE FILING OF THE ACTION OR FOR PLEADING AND PROVING ITS CASE AND ALSO THAT THE APPLICANT COULD NOT COLLECT SAME FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.
Deadlock at the Level of Board of Directors and the Power of the General Meeting to Act Despite Prov
Deadlock at the Level of Board of Directors and the Power of the General Meeting to Act Despite Provisions in the Articles of Association Reserving the Matter for the Board
When a Cypriot Company shall be deemed “insolvent”, thus giving jurisdiction to Cypriot Court to
Section 211 (e) of Companies Law CAP. 113 (“CAP. 113”), provides inter alia for the winding up of a Cypriot Company when it is “insolvent”.
Cyprus: Attributing the Knowledge of a Person to that of the Corporation
On the issue of attribution of knowledge of a person to a corporate entity, Cypriot Courts have in inter alia the cases of Police v Vasili Vasileiou Case no. 15408/07, 9/06/2008, The Republic v Rikkou Erotokritou & Others, Case No. 9208/15, 8/2/2017 and Kypros Kyprianou v Police, Criminal Appeal No. 234/2016, 13/02/2018, cited with approval …
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