Νο.175
Q.: Dear Mr Loizou
We have a problem with registering our Complex’s
Committee and our Regulations.
When they were drawn up by our lawyer, we requested that
he should register the document with the Land Registry.
He informed us that would
not be necessary as we did not yet have Title Deeds. We
consider our Regulations are legal because the Rules our
lawyer embodied in them were formulated and agreed upon
by the majority vote and were recorded in the Minutes of
our AGM where we had to pass them.
We were not happy with that
lawyer’s advice, so we went along to the Land Registry
and were told that this was correct. It was no longer
required to register the committee or the document.
As time passed we were often asked if we were
registered. We replied, no it was not necessary. Then in
one of your articles in the Cyprus Weekly, you stated
that it was necessary. So we went to another lawyer and
requested to have us registered. Some time passed, and
we had no result. In fact, we were told to go elsewhere.
So we consulted a big law firm in Larnaca, requesting
the same, as well as the issue of some legal letters
concerning our Complex. They informed us that our
Committee and our Regulations had to be registered
before they could issue any letters.
So back we went again to the Land Registry and requested
to see the manager, and she was not pleased, telling us
in no uncertain terms that it was not necessary as they
have not been registering any new Complexes for the last
few years, and they take documents only for the old
previously registered complexes.
We took this firm advice back to our fancy lawyer firm,
and they replied that they will check it out and let us
know. Two weeks later we were told to take our business
to another lawyer!
Dear Mr Loizou, are we missing something? Please
enlighten us with your valued comments.
Thank you for your time and trouble.
Yours sincerely
Pavlos Oratis
A.: What I referred to in my article is that the
administrative committee does not have to register under
the Lands Office. However should you like to take legal
action against any resident the committee must be so
registered giving it a legal status for its action.
Evidently the Lands Office information is incorrect.
Regards
A.P. Loizou
3/29275-td
12.10.09
No.176
Q.: Dear Mr. Loizou
I have read with interest your article in the 4 October
Sunday Mail and wonder if you are able to answer a
related question for me. I have owned land for 12 years
and built my house on the land (a half plot) six years
ago. The house on the adjacent half plot was built
before mine and has a right of way over my land. I was
never advised that I was entitled to compensation for
the right of way which greatly imposes on my privacy. Am
I entitled to claim retrospective compensation? The land
in the course of formal division which is a long
drawn-out process.
Yours sincerely
Sally Lewis
A.: Difficult to answer Sally, since I need much more
details. You are entitled for compensation as long as
the previous owner did not get one. The right of way
must be so registered with the Lands Office. So, you
must speak to the person who sold you the plot, as well
as the local Lands Office to clear the situation.
Regards,
A.P. Loizou
3/29282-td
12.10.09
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