Legal View

Eight people who took care of football legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, according to a ruling released this week following an investigation into his ...

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty are quite clear about to which country islands belong By Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Turkey claims 152 and more islands, islets and ...

Ghislaine Maxwell should spend fewer, and perhaps far fewer, than 20 years in prison for helping deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, her lawyers said on Wednesday, arguing that ...

Pursuing a personal injury lawsuit will take time and dedication. Before you embark on such an endeavor, you want to know that this task will be worth your time and ...

The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments ground to a halt on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ...

The EID was created to help individuals prove and verify identity without visiting authorities/departments in person By Stefanos Kelelis Recently, the Civil Registry Law of 2002 (L.141 (I) 2002) was amended, ...

By Susan Landau When Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would undo Roe v. Wade, a number of commentators observed how hard it would be ...

Coleen Rooney’s barrister has told the High Court the libel claim brought against her by Rebekah Vardy is “extraordinary”. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, ...

Cyprus’ adherence to common law means a possible role for settling patent disputes now Britain has left the EU By George Tsardellis and Kriton Dionysiou Although Cyprus does not have ...

The purpose of the stay is to protect the company’s assets and the rights of its creditors Protecting the rights of the creditors and the assets of a company ...

By Chrysanthos Christophorou One of my most recently published articles dealt with cybercrime and its rapid expansion in recent times. The article provided an overview of the relevant legal framework ...

Establishment of the register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners for Cyprus companies and other legal entities By Eleni Louka On 20 May 2015, the European Council issued the Directive (EU) 2015/849 (the fourth AML ...

A libel trial pitting the wives of two former England football strikers Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy kicked off on Tuesday, a battle mixing glamour, amateur sleuthing and a sting ...

A lawsuit against a company under receivership is served to the receiver or its registered office A company’s receiver is appointed by a secured creditor, a debenture holder under ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would end the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion could imperil other freedoms related to marriage, sexuality and ...

Anti-abortion activists and pro-abortion rights supporters took to the streets of Washington on Tuesday after news that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that ...

A Greek Cypriot barrister has broken the glass ceiling by becoming the first professional discipline barrister in the UK to achieve silk status. Marios Lambis, the son of Cypriot immigrants ...

Only three cases so far have met international courts’ threshold By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ...

The Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida ruled that the directive was unlawful, overturning a key White ...

German tennis great Boris Becker was on Friday found guilty of four charges, including failing to disclose, concealing and removing significant assets, under the Insolvency Act 1986 following his bankruptcy trial ...

Malta rebuffed EU calls to stop selling citizenship on Wednesday, telling the European Commission that the granting of citizenship falls within the national competence of a member state “and it ...

Cybercriminals have been developing and boosting their attacks at an alarming pace By Chrysanthos Christophorou The rapid expansion and use of the internet, the digitalisation of almost every available piece ...

A Turkish prosecutor called on Thursday for the trial in Istanbul of Saudi suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be halted and transferred to Saudi authorities, a ...

By Marios Christodoulou Recent years have witnessed a rapid growth in the betting industry in the Republic of Cyprus. According to the records of the National Betting Authority (NBA), between 2016 ...