Property disputes often have their roots in old title deeds, successive inheritances, cadastral registrations, old survey plans, or questions concerning the foreshore and the boundaries of a plot. As property litigation lawyers we know that once those questions turn into a real dispute — between neighbours, co-owners, landlord and tenant or other interested parties — both the title deeds and documents and the legal regime in force have to be examined carefully.
We act for owners, buyers, co-owners, landlords, tenants and creditors in property and related disputes. The work covers title and ownership disputes, boundaries and encroachments, partition claims, foreshore matters, lease disputes, construction disputes and matters connected with auctions and enforcement.
"Property disputes are rarely just about the asset. They are about a title history, a family, a boundary drawn decades ago — the litigation has to be built on an accurate understanding of all three." Coastal and boundary matters bring a property dispute lawyer in Greece into public-law territory as well as private title.
Founding partner Stefanos Pantazis, a former member of the Hellenic judiciary, acts in contentious property matters including title disputes, coastal zone proceedings and partition cases. Where a dispute sits alongside a live transaction — a sale held up by a title defect, a Golden Visa acquisition complicated by a zoning disagreement — we coordinate directly with the firm's transactional Real Estate team so the litigation serves the underlying commercial objective rather than working against it. Send us the title deeds and any cadastre extract.
A Frequent Cause of Dispute
Successions and title problems
Title disputes often have their roots in earlier successions, particularly where the succession was never completed or was never clearly reflected in the title deeds and the relevant registrations.
Coastal Property
When a foreshore question arises
The delimitation or re-delimitation of the foreshore, and questions concerning the character and boundaries of a coastal plot, can significantly affect the use and development of a property. We examine the ownership and administrative position and the legal steps available.
Litigation and transaction
Coordination with the transactional side
Where a dispute affects the sale, lease or acquisition of a property, we coordinate the litigation strategy with the transactional issues concerning that property, so that the client's overall objective is taken into account.