Legal View

Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was filing lawsuits against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google , as well as their chief executives, alleging they ...

Landmark case saw lower court defy Supreme Court and follow EU directive By Elena Michael-Riga and Kriton Dionysiou The fundamental principle of the EU legal order, i.e. the “principle ...

The Council of Europe (CoE) on Tuesday lauded the announcement last week by the Cyprus Supreme Court on the adoption of new rules of civil procedure. The rules were finalised ...

By Stephanie Papazoglou There seems to exist a consensus that arbitration has become a big legal business. The growing use of arbitration has led to a burgeoning number of arbitral ...

On June 1, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office started operations. Their mission? To hunt down those cheating the EU out of money Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras This article focuses on ...

The criminal route for a sexual harassment case has been blocked, but other possible actions exist By Achilleas Demetriades The #MeToo Movement that had started off in the US also ...

Cyprus walking a thin line between EU and China on infrastructure development By Jason Krentos Cyprus may soon be in a position where it will have to choose between elements ...

Argos Pereira España SL, Generali España SA v Athenian Marine Ltd. By Steven Gee QC, Christiana Pyrkotou and Aimilia Efstathiou This was an appeal to the Commercial Court ...

A Madrid court has asked the European Court of Justice to establish if FIFA and UEFA, the world and continental soccer governing bodies, are breaching EU competition law by preventing ...

Is the SafePass forcing us to get vaccinated? Why is it so selectively applied? A look at the balancing act between public interest and private rights By Achilleas Demetriades The ...

The latest amendment aims to strengthen measures against money laundering and terrorist financing By Elena Riga The Amendment Law 13 (I) / 2021 introduces changes to The Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering ...

New anti-money laundering law strengthens ways of monitoring crypto-assets By Christiana Nestoros During the last few years we have witnessed the growing popularity of ‘virtual’ or ‘crypto’ currencies. Today, we ...

Courts provide clarity amid confusion: a look at the role of the ministry in public transport legal wrangle By Elena Riga and Maria Kozakou On February 16, the Administrative Court annulled ...

But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business By Antigoni Pafitis In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...

A look at the possible liability of ministers for wrongful acts By Achilleas Demetriades My effort today relates to examining the obscure point of possible liability under tort of government ...

Dealing with it requires the mobilisation of many civil society groups, government departments and tougher penalties Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras More and more people are finding the courage to report ...

Athletic shoe maker Nike Inc on Monday sued a New York-based company that produced “Satan Shoes” purported to contain a drop of human blood as part of a collaboration with “...

Landmark case highlighted rampant discrimination against female officers in the National Guard By Elena Riga, Maria Kozakou and Christina Anastasiou On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianidou Lottides, ...

The Covid-19 restrictive measures are illegal and unconstitutional By Yiannos Georgiades In Cyprus, since March 2020 the health minister has been issuing decrees by invoking Article 6 of the Quarantine Law (CAP. 260) [...

The stakes rose on Tuesday in a courtroom battle between the wives of former England football stars Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy as new vitriol emerged and a judge described ...

In January, the National Bioethics Committee issued an opinion on the mandatory vaccination of the entire population against Covid-19 By Marina Vassiliou Τhe whole population is living with the Sars-CoV-2 ...

There are three routes to fighting the decrees and all three would likely end up in Strasbourg By Achilleas Demetriades More than a year has passed since the decrees started ...

By Christiana Georgiou While the decision to implement Brexit was taken way back in 2016, there were several matters still pending negotiations right up until December 31, 2020, which was the end of ...

There is an urgent need to strengthen Cyprus’ legal framework By Elena Hadjidemetriou THIS article focuses on arbitration and the urgent need to strengthen our arbitration legislative framework in order ...