In its recent ruling issued on the 5th of October 2021, the Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the bill passed by the Cyprus Parliament extending the moratorium on tenant evictions, which was passed then in an effort to reduce the impact on social and economic consequences of the COVID-10 pandemic. In its ruling, the Supreme...Read More

Working from Home Abroad – Employers’ Considerations Introduction With the recent shift in the work environment forced upon the globe under the COVID pandemic, we have seen a vast and swift change in the status quo as people were compelled to work remotely from home. In this historic shift, with both employees and employers realizing...Read More

COVID-19 – FAQs relating to Rapid Antigen Tests as of the 1st August 2021 The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus has issued its guidelines and FAQs relating to the upcoming changes for the rapid tests to be available and testing methods, as follows: What changes as of 1st of August onwards regarding rapid...Read More

EU Non-Conformity Letters for Posting of Workers The EU Commission has sent letters of formal notice to 24 Member States, for non-conformity of national legislation with the Directive 2014/67/EU on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services. Directive 96/71/EC draws up a list of working...Read More

Tenancy Agreements, also commonly referred to as Lease Agreements or Rental Agreements, are typically a legal document which people tend to overlook or consider to be an easy-to-do agreement, until things spiral out of control. Unfortunately, it is quite common for clauses which are badly drafted or overbearing to the Tenants to be found in...Read More

European Union – Commission Decisions on United Kingdom The European Union Commission has passed the following two Implementing Decisions on the 28th June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom and Directive (EU) 2016/680, on Law Enforcement...Read More

Five key elements before buying Immovable Property in Cyprus Buying Immovable Property could very well be one of the biggest decisions and investments in a person’s life and it has been well known to also create a great deal of stress and anxiety whilst going through this process. There is a series of checks to...Read More

Private Prosecution – Disclosure of Material Evidence – Updates The below represents updates to our initial Article which can be found  Here →  Update 1: On 17/02/2021, the Court of Appeal in Civ.App. 373/2019 overruled the decision of the Court of First Instance (Jurisdiction of Prerogative Writs) which rejected the application for leave to file...Read More

Cyprus – Initiation of Beneficial Owner’s Register Pursuant to the issuance of the updated Regulation for the Beneficial Owner’s Register (as per Κ.Δ.Π. 112/2021), published in the Republic of Cyprus on the 12th March 2021, we would like to update you that the Registrar of Companies has announced the electronic service for the registration of...Read More

Amendments to Legislation relating to Oaths and Affidavits On the 26th February 2021, the Amending Law 14 (I) of 2021 was published in the Gazette of the Republic, by which lawyers will be able to accept an oath before them in the affidavits. Specifically, Article 2 is amended as follows: “Lawyer” means a person who...Read More