Maria Theodoridou
May 14th was spent at the offices of Margaropoulos and Associates of 61 Nikis Avenue, Thesssaloniki. These offices are located right on the harbour front with an amazing view of the sea. I was shown around these busy offices by associate solicitor Maria Theodoridou.
The business is owned by Nikolaos Margaropoulos who told me about the type of work the practice undertakes and the structure of the business. The business has a further branch in Athens and strong links with Italy. After, I was taken to the main civil/criminal combined court by Maria. We then went over the road and entered the Administration Court and watched a hearing taking place. After, we visited the land registry and looked at the deeds to properties in Greece.
Nikolaos Margaropoulos
On the 15th May I had an early start of 8.15am. I met with Maria again and returned to court. I was taken aback at how busy the court was. I had never seen so many Lawyers! Maria was representing a client on a criminal matter, and I was allowed to stand right up front with the judge. After, with temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius plus, I had an exhausting time trailing Maria around the huge court building as she went about lodging an appeal. The appeal meant three hours of lining up at windows to pay issue fees, photocopying documents, paying representation fees and getting to see a judge to sign papers. Maria says she has no need of a Gym , and I can see why! Nikolaos then treated the team and me to a delicious meal at the fashionable restaurant “Kitchen Bar” which has amazing views over the bay. I send my best wishes to Nikolaos and Maria and thank them for their kindness and taking time out of their busy days to explain their jobs and Greek legal process to me in such fine detail.
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