Criminal Law

The preliminary examination is the stage before any charge is brought, when the prosecutor gathers evidence and you may be asked to give an account. It often determines the course of the case. We attend from the first summons, review the file, and advise you on what serves you to put on record and what does not.

We draft properly documented submissions setting out the facts and the evidence that support your position, so that your account goes into the file complete.

Representation at investigative steps and in prosecutorial procedures, with applications and interventions aimed at clarifying the case before it reaches the courtroom.

Full preparation and appearance before the courts that try misdemeanours, the appeal courts, and the mixed jury courts of professional judges and lay jurors that try the gravest felonies, with witnesses carefully selected and prepared.

Appeals, appeals to the Supreme Court on points of law, and applications, filed within the short statutory deadlines and after a realistic assessment of the prospects.

We frame the complaint precisely, on the facts and on the legal basis, keeping to deadlines that for many offences are short and cannot be extended.

Greek procedure allows the injured party to take part in the criminal case in their own right. We represent them throughout, so that their account is heard in the courtroom and their rights are protected in substance.

Attendance at statements, investigative steps and the hearing, taking care that the injured party is not exposed more than the process requires.

We combine the criminal proceedings with the claim for financial loss and for pain and suffering, choosing the route that best serves your case.

Contact and attendance at the earliest possible moment, confirmation of what is alleged, and protection of the right to silence until a strategy has been settled.

We check the lawfulness of each step from arrest through to being brought before the prosecutor, and attend at every stage.

Greek law allows a person caught in the act to be brought to trial almost at once, and the deadlines are then measured in hours. We prepare the defence immediately and, where there are grounds, apply for an adjournment so that it can be prepared properly.

Restrictive conditions are what a Greek court imposes instead of detention, such as a travel ban, reporting to a police station or house arrest. Where circumstances have changed, we apply to have them lifted or varied.

Cases of simple and negligent bodily harm, where the medical evidence and a precise account of the incident are decisive.

The felony forms, with graver consequences, where the line between them and simple harm turns on the forensic findings.

Cases with a tragic outcome, often arising from a road or workplace accident, where the question is the standard of care the accused owed.

We act for either side in these cases with absolute discretion, coordinated with the family law aspects and with any protective measures.

Affronts to honour by word or act, where the circumstances and the context are decisive.

The spreading of allegations that damage reputation. In the slanderous form, what matters is that the allegations are false and that the accused knew it.

Incidents of intimidation or coercion, where recording the events and the witnesses promptly strengthens the case considerably.

Deprivation of freedom of movement, with attention to its duration, the conditions and any accompanying offences.

Particularly sensitive cases, which we handle with absolute confidentiality and respect, whether defending or acting for the injured party.

From the simple forms through to the felony ones, turning on proof of appropriation and on the value involved.

Cases built on documents and on a sequence of transactions. Our work on commercial contracts helps in reading the file.

Obtaining a financial benefit by threat or force, where documenting the pressure and the causal link is decisive.

Destruction of or damage to property, with an assessment of the loss and of the circumstances.

Technical cases, where handwriting analysis and the chain of documents decide the outcome.

Complex cases involving banking and tax records, which call for criminal and financial analysis together.

Defence against charges of dangerous driving, with scrutiny of how the offence was recorded at the roadside.

We examine the procedure followed and the accuracy of the measurement, along with the administrative consequences for your licence.

Cases in which the expert evidence on fault is decisive, alongside pursuing or resisting a claim for damages.

An offence with serious consequences, turning on whether the driver knew an accident had happened and on what they did immediately afterwards.

Challenging fines and measures, with scrutiny of the lawfulness of the notice and of the deadlines for contesting it.

From online purchases through to phishing and cloned platforms. Reporting quickly improves the chances of tracing the money and recovering it.

Unauthorised access to accounts, networks or data, documented technically with specialist support.

Interception or disclosure of messages and conversations, where the lawfulness of the evidence is itself often in issue.

Offences committed through social media and websites, with the evidence secured immediately and takedown of the content requested.

Cases where criminal law and the GDPR meet, which have to be built on both levels at once.

The distinction between use, possession and supply is decisive, because it determines how the act is classified.

Cases of possession and of carrying a weapon, with scrutiny of the licences and of the circumstances of seizure.

The criminal side of tax matters, coordinated with the administrative procedure and with the settlement of the debt itself.

Unauthorised building work and environmental breaches, where the criminal case runs alongside administrative fines.

Non-payment of wages and of social security contributions, addressed together with the employment and insurance aspects.