Apostolides v Orams

Thomas Beazley QC acted for the successful claimant in a very long and hard fought claim to establish the continuing rights of people who owned land in the northern area of Cyprus before the Turkish invasion to enforce judgments obtained by them in relation to such land in the Courts of the Republic of Cyprus in England and throughout the EU. The case involved a reference to the (European) Court of Justice and detailed argument before the Court of Appeal. The case involved, amongst others, issues of Treaty interpretation, interpretation of European Regulations, private international law, and public policy on the European and domestic levels. The final appeal to the English Court of Appeal also involved an unsuccessful allegation by the defendants that the President of the European Court of Justice was apparently biased.