Mr Esquire After greetings My name is Mostafa and I am Egyptian. I want to inquire about the establishment of a limited liability company in Cyprus. Its activity is import and export. I have an import and export company already. Is the establishment of a new company in Cyprus better than a branch of the company? What procedures, costs and advantages can be obtained. Sorry for the delay. With thanks and appreciation

Hi, My father of Greek/Cypriot origin owned a business in Limassol, Cyprus for over 30 years. The land which this business was built on was owned by the Turkish government (Merimner.. I think) which was allocated and the ownership of the building was in my Father's name. Unfortunately my father passed away suddenly in April 2000, since this time I have applied and attended the offices in Limassol to claim and transfer over the ownership into my name which for some reason has been prevented from happening. I am still unable to find out whom I need to speak with, or even where to start and would like to know what I can do to gain what was legally my right in transferring the land over into my name. For over 17 years now I have been prevented from inheriting what I feel was rightfully mine. Could you please advise if this is something that I could learn more about or if there is a case to be opened regarding this. Many thanks, Chris

I am a foreigner and have a permanent residency in Cyprus. I had an account in the Hellenic Bank. Because I was busy out of Cyprus, I gave a power of attorney to my friend to take care of my account by signing bank documents in this respect. After a while, I went to my bank to check my account. Unfortunately, I saw that she transferred all of my money to her own account without any permission or informing me. I thought that because of the power of attorney that I have given to her, she had this right to transfer the money. But recently I thought, although she had my power of attorney, she had no right to transfer my money to her account. What will be the result at the court if I ask to return my money?

مرحباً، لدينا حصص في عقار في قبرص - ليماسول وعليها بناء، ونحن نملكه إرثاً عن والدتنا القبرصية التركية وأرغب بمتابعة أمور عقارنا القانونية.

Dear Sir/Madam I have recently been moved to Cyprus by a company which offered me a salary of 1600 euro + first months deposit money. On the 7th of may, I arrived, and on the 21st, they sacked me. On the 20th, I put a deposit down for a place (while employed). Now the company only wants to pay me for the 1 week I worked and it's refusing to pay me my first month's deposit but I signed the agreement that stated I'm entitled to a 500 euro worth of a deposit. I'm really looking for advice before I say anything wrong.