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Wed 04 Apr 2009Court orders couple to vacate Cyprus villa
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday issued a landmark judgment which could prompt a flurry of legal cases by Greek Cypriot refugees against foreigners who invested in property in northern Cyprus.
The ECJ upheld the verdict of a court in Cyprus, an EU member, that a British couple, Linda and David Orams, should demolish a villa they built on land owned by Meletis Apostolides. He is one of 181,000 Greek Cypriots forced to flee the north following the Turkish occupation in 1974. The Orams were also ordered to vacate the land located in the picturesque village of Lapithos and pay rent for the time they lived in the house.
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