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Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is intended for a British couple in a controversial North Cyprus property dispute.

Linda and David Oram paid £ 160,000 for a newly refurbished house in Lapta in 2003. Citizens of the Greek Republic of Cyprus, Mr Meletis Apostolides, asserts that he is the lawful owner of the land on which the house is built.

When Cyprus was partitioned into North and South, then the Greek Cypriots residing in the north fled to the south and the Turkish Cypriots residing in the south moved north. Real estate, land and possessions were of the refugees fleeing. Since 1974, the Turkish Cypriot administration in the north and the Greek Cypriot administration in the south have taken measures, such as property and land use. The North Cyprus TRNC administration has title deeds in relation to the previously held by the Greek and occupied the country. The authorities in Southern Cyprus have been more circumspect on this issue.

In October 2005, the South Nicosia District Court registers the negative verdict against Oram with the British High Court in London. This was based on an EU treaty in which condemned criminals in an EU country not escape justice by fleeing to another EU country. As the Greek Republic of Cyprus joined the EU in 2004, they are in a position to comment on this agreement between the EU states. Ms. Oram opposition against the registration.

The case was heard in London at the end of July 2006.A director of Wellington Estates Ltd was in court for the proceedings.

Ms Cherie Booth, also known as Blair, representing the Oram. Ms Booth, the Court recalled that, when the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU, it is signed and accepted Article 1 Protocol 10, which states: "We (the Greek Republic of Cyprus) have no effective control over the north. " Article 1 and in view of the fact that the case is still in appeal stage, the United Kingdom and other EU states can not interfere in the affairs of Northern Cyprus, she said. Referring to the difficulties presented in Article 1, she said, "If you do not have effective control over the North how to implement the laws."

This is a strong argument, as the Greek Cypriot administration, by its own admission, has no power to a decision by a Greek court in Nicosia on a property in Lapta, which is about 25 miles away. Indeed, since the attempt to serve a letter from Mrs Oram the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus authorities have made clear that a repetition of this exercise will lead to the arrest of persons who attempt to write an unauthorized.

From this point of view, the Greek to a Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus court ruling in London on logic and could be seen as mischievous. If a Greek court can not enforce a decision on a property about 60 miles away, how can a British court is expected to be better?

However, there is a hidden agenda in this matter. The Greek complainant is aware that Oram has a house in Brighton, in addition to the disputed property in Lapta. Should the complainant be successful in registering the Greek Court of Justice, in London, and Mrs Oram not the demolition order in a reasonable time, then the next stage of the process is an application for the British court to take Mrs Oram assets in the United Kingdom.

Mr Justice Jack said that he did not expect to make a ruling on the case prior to September 2006.

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