by DT. » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:08 pm
denizaksulu wrote:DT. wrote:boomerang wrote:northernlight wrote:You are really not worth talking to.
why because we do not condone thievery?...I can really see you point...rack off you misfit...
sniff sniff...I smell runway
An Exodus? or Runaway?
by boomerang » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:17 pm
Linda Orams: Not ready to give up on Cyprus house
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 28.APR.09
The EU's top court has backed the right of a Greek Cypriot to reclaim land in Turkish-occupied Cyprus that has since been sold to a British couple.
Meletis Apostolides was one of thousands of Greek Cypriots who fled his home when Turkish forces invaded in 1974, following a Greek-inspired coup.
The land was later sold to Linda and David Orams, who built a villa on it.
Speaking on Radio Napa, Linda Orams said they were disappointed at today’s decision, but not ready to give up.
“We were prepared for it, it’s not the end. We are going to soldier on. It just means we go back to London and carry on really. We are in it till the end and we are prepared for that.
“There are two aspects to this case really, our personal aspect and the aspect as regards the whole of north Cyprus. So the outcome is not just going to affect us.”
Meletis Apostolides was forced to abandon his land after the Turkish military invasion in 1974.
Constantinos Kantounas, lawyer for Apostolides, said he was ‘ecstatic’ at the outcome but doubted the ruling would open the way for hundreds more Greek Cypriots to demand restitution for properties they were forced to flee.
“This was a total vindication for Mr. Apostolides. I doubt it will open the flood gates it is not easy at all, I very much doubt that many will follow,” he told Radio Napa.
...no one is going to back a losing case... 
by boomerang » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:32 pm
U.K. Couple Must Demolish Cyprus Home, EU Court Says (Update1)
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By Stephanie Bodoni and Simon Packard
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of property investors may be in danger of losing vacation homes in the northern part of Cyprus after the European Union’s top court ruled that a Greek Cypriot can reclaim land once owned by his family.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg today said that a judgment from the Republic of Cyprus in the south ordering a U.K. couple to demolish their house must be recognized by EU countries even if it concerns land in the northern part of the island.
The plaintiffs, Linda and David Orams, invested 160,000 pounds ($230,000) in a holiday home in Lapithos, a region in the north occupied by Turkish troops since 1974. The case, which has bounced from courts in Nicosia to London to Luxembourg, has implications for many of the 22,000 foreign investors, mostly from the U.K., said Marian Stokes, the founder of a group that advises owners of homes in the region.
“It’s absolutely gutting,” said Stokes of the Homebuyers’ Pressure Group. “It’s so sad, because people stand to lose so much money.”
The Oram’s lawyer, Hasan Vahib in London, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
A Cypriot court ordered the Orams to tear down their property in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, return the land and pay damages to Meletis Apostolides, an architect whose Greek Cypriot family originally owned the land.
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Apostolides applied to have the judgment recognized in the U.K. which would allow him to seize the couple’s assets. He argued that since the U.K. and Cyprus were both EU member nations, the ruling was enforceable across the region. this is for you knucklehead...
Cyprus, a British colony until independence in 1960, is split between the Republic to the south and the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus that resulted from the Turkish military occupation.
In southern Cyprus, a decade-long construction boom, illegal development and an under-resourced planning administration have created a bottleneck of 65,500 owners awaiting title deeds to the properties they purchased. Some have waited for years to receive their title deeds.
The case is C-420/07 Apostolides v Orams.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=asoJPS9YV55g&refer=uk
by boomerang » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:35 pm
Greek Cypriots 'can reclaim land'
The Orams built their dream home just west of the port of Kyrenia
The EU's top court has backed the right of a Greek Cypriot to reclaim land in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus that has since been sold to a UK couple.
Meletis Apostolides was one of thousands of Greek Cypriots who fled his home when Turkish forces invaded in 1974, following a Greek-inspired coup.
The land was later sold to Linda and David Orams, who built a villa on it.
The European Court of Justice says a ruling in a Cypriot court that the villa must be demolished is applicable.
Even if the ECJ ruling cannot be enacted because the land is under Turkish Cypriot control, it means Mr Apostolides will be able to pursue a claim for compensation in a UK court.
It could also open the way for hundreds more Greek Cypriots to demand restitution for properties they were forced to flee.
Many Britons and other foreigners have invested in property in northern Cyprus, despite the legal ownership still being in some doubt.
Mr Apostolides said he was "very much" pleased with the EU court's ruling, and that it was "what we expected".
He added: "This is a difficult issue that has to be decided by the courts."
Property boom
The European Court of Justice ruling on Tuesday said that the decision of a Cypriot court in Nicosia was applicable in the north, even though Cyprus does not exercise control there.
It also said that one EU country - in this case the UK - must recognise judgments made in the courts of another. here you go knucklehead...
The Republic of Cyprus joined the EU in 2004.
EU law was suspended in northern Cyprus for the purposes of Cyprus's accession, but lawyers argued successfully that the Orams' civil case still falls within the scope of the EU regulation.
Northern Cyprus is self-governing and still occupied by the Turkish army, but is not recognised internationally.
Nevertheless, it has become a thriving tourist destination in recent years, and house-building has boomed.
Some of those houses have been sold by Turkish Cypriots to foreigners, even though the land they were built on was once owned by Greek Cypriots and its legal status remained uncertain.
Property disputes dating back to 1974 have been one of the main obstacles to efforts to reunify Cyprus.
Correspondents say dispossessed Greek Cypriots are now likely to launch more legal battles, which in turn may harden opposition to reunification among Turkish Cypriots.
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