By John Neocleous

 

Nicosia, Cyprus, June 1, 2008 - The case of Onoufriou v Turkey is part of a number of pilot Cases brought upon by Greek-Cypriot refugees against the Turkish Government and will be presented by Mr. Andreas Neocleous and Mr. Ioannis John Neocleous before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

 

On April 23rd 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided that the applicant could not be deemed to have lost entitlement to his property.

 

Displaced Greek Cypriots such as the applicant may apply for compensation to the Court for losses due to the denial of access to and loss of control, use, and enjoyment of his property.

 

Thirty-two petitions of Greek Cypriot refugees against Turkey have been accepted by the European Court of Human Rights and will be examined soon.

 

Eight more applications will follow, which are considered pilot cases for determining the future of the so called compensation committee. This committee has been set up in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, and it hopes to become an effective domestic remedy for Greek Cypriots, who must first apply with regards to claims on their property.

 

Apart from the above cases, 1.500 additional petitions are pending before the ECHR. The Court decided to freeze them in view of the decisions to be taken regarding the eight pilot cases.

 

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.

 

At the present time, Neocleous & Neocleous Law Firm (NCI Law Groups Cyprus Office) is handling over 15 cases which are currently under the consideration of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

John Neocleous, founder of NCI Law group has launched many blogs to keep public and clients informed of NCI Law group’s activities. Some of the blogs are:

 http://john-neocleous.blogspot.com
http://johnneocleous.spaces.live.com/blog/
http://ncilaw.john.googlepages.com/home
http://www.journalhome.com/johnneocleous/
http://johnneocleous.wordpress.com/
http://johnneocleous.rediffblogs.com/

Bellevue, WA April 1, 2008

 

Due to overwhelming number of cases handled by the European offices as well as the relocation of managing partners to Europe, the USA office was officially closed on April 1, 2008, and the administration of its cases transferred to the European Offices in Cyprus and Switzerland.

 

The European Offices addresses for NCI Law Group are (as of July 1st, 2008):

 

Cyprus Office

 

Nikis Centre

11 Kyriakos Matsis Ave.

5th Floor

1086 Nicosia

Cyprus

 

Tel: +357-22-680-670

Fax: +357-22-426-921

E-mail: info@ncilawgroup.com

 

 

Swiss Office

 

16 Place St. Francois

1003 Lausanne

Switzerland

 

Tel: +41-21-643-1028

Fax: +41-21-643-1027

E-mail: info@ncilawgroup.com

 

NCI Law is an international law firm founded by Ioannis John Neocleous that serves the needs of businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and individual clients around the world. We provide a broad array of corporate legal services to a diverse client base that ranges from start-up ventures to large multinational companies since 1996.

By Olga Kosareva, Marketing Director NCI Law Group

 

Nicosia, Cyprus, June 18, 2008 NCI Law Group Ltd. announced today the launch of its new corporate Web site www.ncilawgroup.com, which is highlighting its legal and corporate services, worldwide.

 

The new web site provides its visitors with information ranging from business summaries, to services descriptions on each one of the NCI Law Group international office and its partners, at-a-glance.

 

Each service page of the site identifies services provided by our Group says Mr. Ioannis John Neocleous, Managing Director while our Latest News section will be monitoring updates not only on oncoming or ongoing events of the Group, but provide latest updates on any changes in legal, tax and other areas related to our businesses. We believe that it is of great benefit to our Clients to keep them up to date.

 

ABOUT NCI LAW GROUP

 

NCI Law is an international law firm founded by Ioannis John Neocleous that serves the needs of businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and individual clients around the world. We provide a broad array of corporate legal services to a diverse client base that ranges from start-up ventures to large multinational companies since 1996.

 

NCI limits its practice to the areas of international corporate law, tax planning, international criminal law, banking law, and related matters. This allows us to focus our skills and knowledge to better serve our clients.