Legal View

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 ...

Many landmark cases reflect the challenge of accessing long term residence in Cyprus Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras This piece of writing follows my previous article ‘Two Roads to Citizenship’ published ...

The president may have drawn a line under the minister of justice and the Twitter incident but legally it’s far from over By Achilleas Demetriades The issue of the ...

Facts and perception differ widely when it comes to money laundering allegations By Loucas Haviaras THE Republic of Cyprus (hereinafter “Cyprus”) has been the target of many European Countries due ...

By George Tsardellis IN THE recent case of Fysentzides vs K & C Snooker & Pool Entertainment, Civil appeal no. 30/2019, dated 1/6/2020, the Supreme Court of Cyprus has decided on a ...

In an age dominated by intangible assets, intellectual property has gained significant value in recent years By Ramona Livera and Demetris Gregoriou THE new Trade Marks Law 2020 was enacted in ...

The negative impact of economic crime and corruption has been felt in Europe throughout 2020. The fight against money laundering and terrorist financing plays a central role in the work of ...

If Varosha is lost the course for a solution is lost and we shall all sink in a sea of partition By Achilleas Demetriades Perhaps we could start the New ...

A chilling step in the direction of arbitrary encroachment of the right to freedom of expression, a phenomenon that is becoming all too common in current times (on a global ...