Every two months, Ius Laboris' experts from around the world put together an update on immigration and global mobility practice, setting out recent changes to the law, policies and procedures.
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The recent amendment of the Law on Criminal Procedure, voted by the House of Representatives, is of high importance. Andreana Loizides expains.
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Tatiana Kouri explains how the Cypriot legal system now attaches the same importance to the patient's right to be informed, but without making the task of proving the breach of the doctor's duty an easy task for the Claimant/Patient in the context of a legal dispute.
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A Practice Note providing a guide to the domestic processes and requirements for gaining legal recognition of a foreign insolvency process in Cyprus. This Note also details any separate considerations around the enforcement of insolvency-related judgments in Cyprus.
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The EU Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union has been transposed into national legislation.
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Exciting news for the crypto world! The Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation proposed by the European Commission has been approved by the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority.
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As a business owner in Cyprus and in light of the recent cyber-attacks to the University of Cyprus and the Land Registry Department, it is important to understand your responsibilities when it comes to data protection and the notification of data breaches or hacking incidents.
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Let’s be honest, you’ve probably come across the terms “bitcoin”, “blockchain”, “distributed ledger”, “immutability” or “cryptography” sometime during the last 14 years. Why 14 years? That’s when ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ published the white paper named “Peer-to-peer electronic cash system”, in which Satoshi built upon past research in distributed systems, cryptography, and network security and created a purely peer-to peer version of electronic cash that would allow online payments, to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a trusted third party.
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Το θέμα της ερμηνείας όρου Διαγωνισμού που προκήρυξε ο Δήμος Λευκωσίας, απασχόλησε πρόσφατα το Διοικητικό Δικαστήριο στην υπόθεση Athni Trading Ltd-v-Δήμος Λευκωσίας.
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Στις 22/03/2019 εκδόθηκε από το Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο απόφαση στην Πολιτική Έφεση υπ’ αρ. 72/2012 SMITH & SMITH v. ΚΕΦΑΛΑ. Η Έφεση ασκήθηκε εναντίον ενδιάμεσης απόφασης του Επαρχιακού Δικαστηρίου και αφορούσε αίτημα προσκόμισης προφορικής μαρτυρίας στα πλαίσια της κυρίως αίτησης (έφεσης) κατά της απόφασης του Διευθυντή του Κτηματολογίου.
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In late 2018, the House of Representatives introduced amendments to the Protection of Paternity Law and the Social Insurances Law, by which paternity leave and benefits were granted to unmarried working fathers (previously these rights were only available to fathers married to their child's mother before the birth or adoption).
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Στις 19/12/2018 δημοσιευτήκαν στην Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, και συνεπώς τέθηκαν σε ισχύ, τρεις νέοι τροποποιητικοί νόμοι.
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On 31 May 2018 the Nicosia Rent Control Court ruled on the outstanding rents of a statutory tenant.
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In the recent Supreme Court case Michaelides v Cooperative Bank of Pegia (Civil Appeal 477/2012), dated 27 June 2018, the appellants appealed the first-instance judgment of the Paphos District Court allowing the registration and execution of an arbitral award.
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The recent High Court case (David Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank) is particularly important to banks when receiving data subject access requests for personal data relating to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). This case is an interaction between tipping off and data protection issues.
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