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Cyprus Company Law guide
The Republic of Cyprus (‘Cyprus’) is an established financial centre and thriving business hub, with a vast array of investment opportunities in key growth sectors of the economy. The island’s ideal strategic location, advanced infrastructure - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides
Cyprus introduces new legal framework for combatting counterfeit goods at points of entry
Introduction The marketing of goods infringing intellectual property rights (IPR) causes considerable damage to IPR holders, licensees and law-abiding manufacturers and traders. Such marketing deceives consumers and could in some cases be endangering their health - Read More...
Acquiring the Cypriot Citizenship Naturalisation of Investors in Cyprus by Exception
The existing Cyprus Citizenship Program, updated in September 2016, enables non‐Cypriot citizens, entrepreneurs, investors and their immediate families, to gain Cyprus‐citizenship if they meet criteria that are set out by the Council of Ministers. Click - Read More...
Harris Kyriakides covers the Cyprus chapter of the inaugural edition of Sovereign Immunity 2018
Harris Kyriakides is covering the Cyprus chapter of the first edition of Getting the Deal Through – Sovereign Immunity 2018. This is the first volume to critically and comparatively assess the state of play of the law of sovereign - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides
Compensation in accident cases in Cyprus in 2016
In the following pages follows a summary of all rulings issued by the Cypriot courts in 2016, in which compensations were awarded for damages resulting from any form of accident. The purpose of this report - Read More...
New legislation addressing issues of undeclared employment in Cyprus
In June 2017, the House of Representatives adopted the Social Insurance (Amending) (No2) Law of 2017 (the Law) and the Social Insurance (Contributions) Amending Regulations of 2017 (the Regulations). The purpose of these changes are to - Read More...
Crime, criminal justice, and the way forward
Contempt of court as a sanction for non‐compliance with EU‐wide court orders. Click to open document.
By Nicolas Kyriakides
Civil procedure reform in Cyprus looking to England and beyond
The average length of a first instance civil trial in Cyprus is approximately two years. The article identifies the elements of Cypriot civil litigation that contribute to lengthy and costly trials despite the recent amendments - Read More...
By Nicolas Kyriakides
The European Account Preservation Order
The European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 655/2014) (the “Regulation”), is a recently introduced EU-wide instrument. It allows a plaintiff to obtain an order preserving a defendant’s bank account across the EU - Read More...
By Nicolas Kyriakides
New European legal framework on Processing of Personal Data
After several years of debates and consultations, the European Union has now promulgated and published in the EU Official Journal a new regime in connection with the protection of natural persons from processing of personal - Read More...
Finding, Freezing and Attaching Assets: A Multi-Jurisdictional Handbook
Michalis Kyriakides and Nicolas Kyriakides are the authors of a chapter on Cyprus law in a recent book published by Kluwer Law International. The book is about how to find out whether a defendant - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides, Nicolas Kyriakides
The Cyprus non-dom scheme: what you need to know
New trends in the international tax landscape mean that international groups will need to enhance corporate substance in the countries from which they operate, in order to ensure legal certainty regarding the taxation regime and - Read More...