Fourteen months ago, the new Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) were introduced to the Civil Courts of Cyprus. Applicable to all civil cases filed after the 1st of September 2023, the new CPR code marked a major milestone in the ongoing reform of the justice system. Modelled on Common Law’s adversarial system, the text of the...
An educational seminar on the new Civil Procedure Rules and their effect on insurance claims was organised by the Insurance Association of Cyprus (IAC) in collaboration with the Cyprus Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FIL), on the 4th of April 2023. A large number of insurance executives as well as members of...
On the 16th of November 2022, the Forum of Insurance Lawyers in association with the Limassol Bar Association organised and presented the seminar 'New Civil Procedure Rules: Personal Injury Claims'. The speakers were Mr. Michael Philippou, Mr. Nicolas Kyriakides and our partner and director Mr. Avgerinos Hartsiotis. Mrs. Niki Liassides moderated the discussion while welcoming remarks...
The Fast Track Business Activation (FTBA) mechanism which has been approved by the Council of Ministers on the 3rd of September 2020, aims to provide fast and efficient services to companies that wish to establish presence or expand their operations in the Republic Cyprus. Under this new policy and as the name denotes, eligible companies can...
The 5th of October 2020 was a very special day for our firm which hosted the presentation of its Founder’s first book, titled «Ανδρέας Χαρτσιώτης – Οικοδομώντας την Κυπριακή Ασφάλιση» (“Andreas Hartsiotis – Establishing Cyprus Insurance”). The event took place at Hilton Nicosia in the presence of a limited number of esteemed guests. Published by «Νομική...
IMPORTANT NOTICE: On the 13th of October 2020, the Council of Ministers has decided to suspend the Cyprus Investment Programme with effect from the 1st of November 2020 and until further notice. Any pending applications or applications filed by the 30th of October 2020 will be processed as per the relevant procedures. ______________________________________________________________________________ On the 18st of...
In response to the latest events in Beirut, Lebanon, Marios Hartsiotis & Co LLC along with Excellentio Audit Ltd launched a joint initiative to collect food supplies and contribute in the campaign to tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn neighbouring country. We invited our personnel along with our dearest colleagues, associates, clients and...
Last Friday, June 12th, 2020, an amending law was published in the official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus, pursuant to which many provisions of the Trademarks Law (Cap. 268), have been updated or replaced, thus bringing the national trademark legislation in line the EU Directive 2015/2436 as well as the EU Regulation 2017/1001. This...
*Updated 4/4/2016 In February 2016, the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus revised the criteria for granting Immigration Permit, in the context of the new procedure to applicants from third countries (i.e. non-EU countries) who invest in Cyprus. This procedure takes approximately two months and if the application is approved, the permit is granted...
