Cypriot courts resolve complex inheritance disputes

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a woman's appeal seeking to invalidate two wills of an 81-year-old woman, dated February 22 and May 1, 2006. The appellant alleged that these documents and a subsequent renunciation document signed by the deceased's husband on July 24, 2006, were products of undue influence and threats. The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove coercion and ordered the appellant to pay legal costs of €4,500 plus VAT to the three respondents.

In a separate case involving a long-standing property dispute in Limassol, the Supreme Court overturned a district court ruling that had ordered a man, P.K., to pay his brother, S.K., €128,500. The Supreme Court found that S.K. had already received property worth €4,008,000, while P.K. received property worth €3,477,500. Given the surplus of €530,500 held by S.K., the court determined that the initial award was unjustified. This decision concludes a 17-year legal battle over the distribution of their mother's multi-million euro estate.