Cyprus: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

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

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.

In a unanimous judgment given on the 12th of June 2025, the Supreme Court of Cyprus reaffirmed that a mortgage creates an autonomous primary obligation, independent of the lender's ability to prove a debt against the mortgagor personally.