Enviromental Law
FOREST LAW - REAL ESTATE FOREST LAW
Enviromental Law
Environmental law and forestry law, both at national and European level, include a network of legal rules that define and protect private real rights (forest maps, forest property, common things, etc.), administrative provisions concerning the environmental licensing of economic activities, and important criminal provisions and administrative sanctions in case of violations (forestry and environmental crimes, land clearing, etc.). Therefore, the resolution of legal issues concerning cases related to the above issues require special specialization, involving more than one legal sector (public, private, and criminal law) and at the same time a thorough knowledge of the special technical terminology.
The law firm, having immersed itself in the aforementioned cases and legal fields, having many years of experience, combined with the in-depth and thorough scientific training and knowledge with which it has been equipped by both postgraduate study programs, the first one with the subject of “Environmental Technologies in Environmental Legislation” (M.Sc. “The technologies of Environmental legislation”) of the Xanthi Polytechnic School of the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University of Thrace and the second in “Economic and Business Law” (L.LM.) of the Law School of of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus and the Hellenic Open University, provides the principals with the security of full and perfect scientific knowledge and treatment of their case.
The classification or declassification of an area as forest, agricultural or reforestable in combination with the constitutional obligation to protect the environment on the one hand, and the individual property rights of citizens on the other, sometimes give rise to disputes that can only be resolved by appropriate legal actions.
The law office, having excellent and specialized knowledge and many years of experience in matters of forestry legislation, and cadastral forest legislation, provides the principals with the security of full scientific knowledge and treatment of their case, in the entire range of law that concerns the cases in question , the execution of the necessary out-of-court and judicial actions to resolve the relevant legal problems before each Court and Authority.
Comprehensive legal support is provided for all issues related to the implementation of forest legislation, such as e.g. the acts of classification or declassification of forest lands, protocols of administrative elimination. Complete legal assistance is provided both before the competent committees and authorities, as well as the courts (civil, administrative and criminal) for all the above issues of application of the forest legislation. Also for any legal case concerning the above legal areas and in particular and indicatively for legal matters concerning:
- Resolution of forest disputes-disputes, coastal and beach issues, traditional settlements, antiquities, archaeological zones, submission of objections and requests for corrections of areas incorrectly registered as forest
- Forest maps, forest register and National Land Register, objections to forest maps, designation of land, removal of reforestation, legal issues concerning the economic exploitation of forests, forested fields, applications for annulment
- Property issues, real rights in forests (private forests, etc.), beach, beach, acquisition of real rights in forests, issues of acquisition, exchange and expropriation of private lands, issues of acquisition of ownership with regular and extraordinary use, use against the State, etc.
- Legal support in cases involving forest offences, environmental offenses (hunting, fishing, pollution – degradation of the natural environment, trespassing, clearing, antiquities).

Town Planning and Zoning
- Legal support is provided in every aspect of environmental, spatial planning and urban planning law
- Representation of natural or legal persons in the private and public sector for the exercise of remedies and objections against environmental regulations, against city plans and urban planning studies, general urban plans, acts of application, accrual and apportionment of compensations, building permits, determination of compensation for road expropriations
- Proactive legal guidance regarding environmental licensing
- Legal advice regarding the licensing procedures of projects and activities
- Representation of businesses and individuals before the Council of State