No violation of the right to property. Decision by the Court of Justice on Cyprus haircut case.
The Court of Justice delivered on the 20th of September 2016 its judgment in the case filed by a number of Cypriot depositors who sufferred a haircut in March 2013...
The European trademark changes name!
On 23 March 2016, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) will change its name to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as set out in the...
Tax Alert. Automatic exchange of information on tax rulings of EU Member states.
The Commission has welcomed a unanimous agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on cross-border tax rulings, just seven months after the presentation of the Commission’s ambitious proposal...
Facebook data and privacy. Important Judgment of the Court of Justice.
Judgment in Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner Luxembourg, 6 October 2015 The Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid Whilst the...
Loans in foreign currency and borrower’s rights, Part 2
On the 14th of April 2014 I wrote an article about loans in foreign currency and the rights of borrowers. The link to that article is here. The article dealt...
Enforcing EU rights in Cyprus
The question often arises: How can a Cypriot citizen enforce rights stemming from European Union law in Cyprus? There are a number of ways that EU law can be...