Last updated: 19 September 2026
1. Who I am
These terms apply to legal services provided by Charalampos Dimitriou, a practising advocate registered with the Cyprus Bar Association under registration number 9611, practising at Vasileos Konstantinou 12, Ria Court 7, Office 101, 6030 Larnaca, Cyprus.
Contact: charalampos@dimitrioulegal.com · +357 97 890698
I am regulated by the Cyprus Bar Association and bound by the Advocates Law, Cap. 2 and the Advocates’ Code of Conduct Regulations.
2. What these terms are
These terms govern the relationship between us. Together with the engagement letter I send you for a specific matter, they form our contract. Where the engagement letter and these terms conflict, the engagement letter prevails.
No lawyer–client relationship arises from this website, from your enquiry, or from any preliminary correspondence. It arises only when I have completed my client acceptance checks, issued an engagement letter, and you have accepted it.
3. How a matter begins
- You submit an enquiry through the website, by email, or by telephone.
- I carry out a conflict of interest check and the client due diligence required by anti-money-laundering law.
- If I can act, I send you an engagement letter setting out the scope, the fixed fee, and, where the service carries one, the delivery date.
- You accept the engagement letter, send the identification documents required under section 4, and pay the first half of the fee.
- Work begins, and the stated turnaround period starts to run when all three have reached me.
I may decline any matter without giving reasons. Until an engagement letter is accepted, no obligation of any kind arises on my part, and no fee is payable by you.
Please do not send me documents or confidential information before I confirm I can act. If you do, I may be unable to act for you, and I cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information received before an engagement exists.
4. Client due diligence and anti-money laundering
As an advocate I am subject to the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Laws and to the directives of the Cyprus Bar Association as supervisory authority.
Before I can act I must verify your identity and, where applicable, the identity of any beneficial owner, and I may need to establish the source of your funds. I will ask for identification documents and proof of address. I cannot begin work until these checks are complete, and I may have to suspend or terminate work if they cannot be completed or if information provided proves inaccurate.
I am required by law to report certain suspicions to the authorities, and in some circumstances I am prohibited from telling you that I have done so. This obligation overrides my duty of confidentiality to you.
5. Fees and payment
Fees for the packages published on this website are fixed and stated in the engagement letter before work begins.
All fees shown on this website and in the engagement letter are stated in euro and are the total amount payable. No VAT is chargeable on them. Should VAT become chargeable in future, it will apply only to matters engaged after that date, and I will tell you before you commit.
When the fee is payable. Half the fee is payable on your acceptance of the engagement letter. That half is earned on acceptance of your instruction: at that point I carry out the conflict check, confirm my capacity, and reserve the delivery date for you. The remaining half is payable on delivery of the work. The Advisory Call is payable in full when the call is booked, and is credited in full against any package if you instruct me within seven days. Payment is by bank transfer to the account stated in your engagement letter. If you are a consumer, this is subject to your right to cancel in section 7.
Client monies. I do not hold client monies. I do not receive, hold or transmit purchase monies, deposits, stamp duty, transfer fees, tax payments or any other funds belonging to you or payable to a third party. Those are paid by you directly to the relevant party or authority. The only money I receive from you is my own fee, in accordance with this section.
Disbursements. Court fees, stamp duty, Land Registry fees, translation, courier and similar third-party costs are not included in the fixed fee. Where a matter is likely to attract disbursements, I will tell you the expected amount before you commit, and I will not incur them without your agreement.
Scope changes. The fixed fee covers the scope described in the engagement letter. If, once I begin, the matter proves materially larger or more complex than you described, I will tell you before doing further work and give you the choice of a revised fixed fee or ending the engagement with a pro-rata refund. I will not present you with an increased bill after the fact.
6. Turnaround times
The turnaround period for your matter is the one stated in your engagement letter. It is calculated in business days, Monday to Friday, from the moment your acceptance of the engagement letter, the identification documents required under section 4, and the first half of the fee have all reached me. For the Property Contract Review, the period also does not begin until the title documents you supply have reached me. Property completion work — tax clearance and Land Registry matters — carries no turnaround period, because it depends on the timetables of the Tax Department and the Land Registry rather than on me. For that work I report progress by milestone instead.
Turnaround periods do not run during weekends or Cyprus public holidays, and they are suspended for any period during which I am waiting on information, documents, or instructions from you.
If I become aware that I will not meet the stated delivery date, I will tell you before that date passes. You may then either agree a new date with me, or end the engagement and receive a full refund of the fee — whichever you prefer. This applies however far the work has progressed. If the delivery date passes without my having told you, the same choice is yours, on the same terms.
7. Your right to cancel (consumers only)
This section applies only if you are a consumer — an individual acting outside your trade, business, craft or profession. It does not apply to businesses.
Under the Consumer Rights Law of 2013, which implements Directive 2011/83/EU, you have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period expires 14 days from the day the contract is concluded.
To exercise the right, tell me of your decision by a clear statement — by email to charalampos@dimitrioulegal.com, by post to the address above, or using the model withdrawal form at the end of these terms. Sending your communication before the period expires is sufficient.
If you withdraw, I will reimburse all payments received from you without undue delay and in any event within 14 days of being informed of your decision, using the same means of payment you used, at no cost to you.
Starting work during the withdrawal period. Because these services are designed to be delivered quickly, you will normally want work to begin before the 14 days have elapsed. If you expressly request that:
- Work will begin immediately.
- If you then withdraw before the service is complete, you must pay an amount proportionate to what has been performed up to that point, compared with the full scope of the contract.
- Once the service has been fully performed, you lose the right to withdraw entirely, provided performance began with your prior express request and with your acknowledgement of this consequence.
The engagement letter contains a clearly marked box recording your express request and your acknowledgement. Do not tick it unless you understand and accept it.
8. Cancellation by business clients
If you are not a consumer, you may end the engagement at any time by written notice. You remain liable for work performed up to that point, charged pro rata against the fixed fee, and I will refund the balance within 14 days.
9. Your responsibilities
You agree to give me accurate, complete and timely information. I rely on what you tell me. I do not independently verify the accuracy of documents or facts you provide unless the engagement letter says otherwise, and I am not responsible for advice that proves wrong because the information underlying it was incomplete or incorrect.
10. What my advice covers
My advice relates to the law of the Republic of Cyprus as it stands at the date it is given, and to the specific matter described in the engagement letter. It is given for your use only, in that matter only.
I do not advise on the law of any other jurisdiction, and I do not advise on tax unless expressly engaged to do so. My advice may not be relied upon by any third party without my written consent, and I accept no liability to anyone other than you.
I am under no obligation to update advice after delivery to reflect later changes in law or fact.
11. Limitation of liability
My total liability to you for any matter, in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, is limited to the level of professional indemnity insurance cover in force at the relevant time. Details of the cover are available on request.
I am not liable for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of opportunity, or any indirect or consequential loss.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited — including, where you are a consumer, your statutory rights.
12. Confidentiality
Everything you tell me is confidential and remains so without time limit, subject only to my obligations under anti-money-laundering law, any court order, and the rules of the Cyprus Bar Association.
I may use anonymised information about the type of matter for my own record-keeping and for describing my areas of practice, in a form from which you cannot be identified.
13. Documents and retention
I keep matter files and related records for the periods required by applicable law and by the rules governing advocates in Cyprus, after which they may be securely destroyed without further notice to you. Personal data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy.
14. Complaints
If you are unhappy with any aspect of my service, please tell me first, by email to charalampos@dimitrioulegal.com. I will acknowledge your complaint within three business days and give you a substantive response within fourteen business days.
If we cannot resolve matters, you may complain to the Cyprus Bar Association, which regulates advocates in Cyprus, or, if you are a consumer, to the Consumer Protection Service of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry.
15. Termination
I may cease acting where continuing would breach my professional obligations, where a conflict of interest emerges, where client due diligence cannot be completed, where you fail to give necessary instructions, or where the relationship of trust has broken down. If I do, I will tell you in writing and refund any fee for work not performed.
16. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of Cyprus, and the courts of the Republic of Cyprus have jurisdiction.
If you are a consumer resident in another EU member state, this does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of your own country.
17. Changes
I may amend these terms from time to time. The version that applies to your matter is the version in force when your engagement letter was issued.
Model withdrawal form
Complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from the contract.
To: Charalampos Dimitriou, Vasileos Konstantinou 12, Ria Court 7, Office 101, 6030 Larnaca, Cyprus — charalampos@dimitrioulegal.com
I hereby give notice that I withdraw from my contract for the supply of the following service:
Ordered on: ____________________
Name of consumer: ____________________
Address of consumer: ____________________
Signature (only if this form is notified on paper): ____________________
Date: ____________________