Posts tagged with "administrative court"

AG won't speculate on public pay appeal's chance of success Cyprus

AG won't speculate on public pay appeal's chance of success

April 15th, 20191330 Attorney-general Costas Clerides would not speculate on Monday on the probability of success of an appeal against a court decision that reversed payroll reductions imposed on civil servants as part of an austerity drive in 2012, but said he would not recommend filing one if there was no chance. His comments followed a broad meeting at...
Jeweller’s shop fined for training CCTV cameras on neighbouring cafe Cyprus

Jeweller’s shop fined for training CCTV cameras on neighbouring cafe

April 8th, 20192051 A fine of €500 for breaching personal data laws was imposed on a jeweller’s shop for installing cameras which were able to record the movement of staff and visitors at a neighbouring café in Nicosia, it emerged on Monday. In a ruling, the administrative court supported the view of the personal data protection commissioner that...
Anastasiades briefing party leaders Monday on plans to tackle wage-cuts ruling Cyprus

Anastasiades briefing party leaders Monday on plans to tackle wage-cuts ruling

April 8th, 20191127 The government has made some plans following the administrative court's decision to reverse the wage cuts on civil servants, it said, ahead of a meeting Monday morning of political parties, which will be chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades. The meeting began at 10.30am. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromos told CNA: "Of...
State to appeal pay cut reversal ‘as soon as possible’ Cyprus

State to appeal pay cut reversal ‘as soon as possible’

April 4th, 20191466 The state will appeal three court decisions that reversed payroll reductions imposed on civil servants as part of an austerity drive in 2012, it was announced on Thursday after an interdepartmental meeting at the Legal Service. The appeals will be filed as soon as possible, the statement said. In its decision last Friday, the...
Pasydy chief gloats over pay cut reversal (Updated) Cyprus

Pasydy chief gloats over pay cut reversal (Updated)

April 3rd, 20192622 The recent court decisions reversing payroll reductions imposed on civil servants as part of an austerity drive in 2012 were a vindication and should be honoured, the leader of the main government workers union Pasydy said on Wednesday. Speaking at the union’s 56th congress, which was attended by President Nicos Anastasiades,...
Government to fight ruling over civil servants' pay cuts Cyprus

Government to fight ruling over civil servants' pay cuts

March 30th, 20191966 Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Saturday the government would seek to neutralise a court ruling that payroll reductions imposed on civil servants as part of an austerity drive in 2012 are unconstitutional. Speaking on state radio, the minister signaled that the government will appeal the administrative court decision that...
Four civil servants have docked bonus reinstated Cyprus

Four civil servants have docked bonus reinstated

February 19th, 20192076 Four civil servants have won a court case after challenging the government’s decision to dock their one-off bonus to which they were eligible upon retirement. In a judgment this week, the administrative court found in favour of the plaintiffs, and ruled that the decision by the finance ministry and the treasury, pursuant to a law...
Court decision threatens oilfield services operations Cyprus

Court decision threatens oilfield services operations

February 12th, 20193289 The administrative court has upheld an application by residents of Aradippou against the operation of Halliburton’s facilities in the area. In a recent judgment, the court found in favour of the applicants, annulling the cabinet’s decision of September 10, 2014 by which a permit had been granted to Halliburton’s factory. In...
AG to review court decision nullifying law that cut public sector pensions Cyprus

AG to review court decision nullifying law that cut public sector pensions

November 29th, 20181926 By Elias Hazou Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday his office was carefully reviewing the court decision to assess whether an appeal would be filed. He was responding briefly to the administrative court’s decision this week that declared null and void a 2012 law which had imposed cuts on the pensions of public...
Fireman, police lose shift pay appeal Cyprus

Fireman, police lose shift pay appeal

November 15th, 20181254 The administrative court this week rejected a group appeal by some 200 police officers and firemen against cuts in shift allowances during the economic crisis. The same court ruled in favour of seven mental health nurses who were among the applicants, as it was deemed that, in their case, the termination of one of their allowances...
Administrative Court cancels watchdog’s €18.1m fine on BoC Business

Administrative Court cancels watchdog’s €18.1m fine on BoC

June 21st, 2018496 By Stelios Orphanides The Administrative Court cancelled a decision of the competition watchdog to fine JCC Payment Systems €1.7m and Bank of Cyprus €18.1m, citing the deficient composition of the Commission for the Protection of Competition. The court said that one of the members of the Commission at the time the latter took...
CyTA board to appear in court over employee spat Cyprus

CyTA board to appear in court over employee spat

September 20th, 20173316 The entire board of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) is to appear in Larnaca district court on November 6 to answer charges of disobeying a previous court decision to reinstate an employee who was earlier deemed to have been wrongly fired. In late July of this year, the administrative court had ruled that the female...
Victory for FBME lawyers over access to documents Cyprus

Victory for FBME lawyers over access to documents

December 1st, 20162503 FBME bank lawyers are allowed access to specific documents inside the bank, an interim ruling by the administrative court ordered on Wednesday. FBME was placed in administration in July 2014 by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), after the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the US Treasury, designated the...
‘Give them their money back’, court rules for six ex officials   featured

‘Give them their money back’, court rules for six ex officials  

November 16th, 20162892 THE Administrative Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of six former state officials who were reclaiming part of their retirement fund, withheld pursuant to a law passed in early 2013. The court found that the contentious provision of the law was unconstitutional, and as such any decisions or actions deriving from it - the docking of the...
Court rejects former police chief's appeal against dismissal Cyprus

Court rejects former police chief's appeal against dismissal

November 15th, 20161553 Judging that it was beyond its remit, the Administrative Court rejected an appeal by former police chief Michalis Papageorgiou against his dismissal in 2014, in the wake of a violent protest by far-right ELAM at an event being attended by former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in Limassol. “I judge the decision by the...
House approves legal aid for international protection status appellants   Cyprus

House approves legal aid for international protection status appellants  

October 15th, 20161255 The House plenum has unanimously passed a law providing for legal aid to applicants for  international protection status. The move was aimed at harmonising national legislation with an EU directive. Eligible for the legal aid, according to the new law, are those who file for appeal before the Administrative Court against a number...
Green light for administrative court News in Brief

Green light for administrative court

July 10th, 20152008 BY UNANIMOUS vote, the House approved the establishment of an administrative court, designed to relieve the Supreme Court’s caseload. The administrative court is expected to handle appeals concerning government decisions, including asylum applications, public sector jobs and promotions, and tax matters. Until now, non-judicial...
MPs concerned about cost of legal overlap Cyprus

MPs concerned about cost of legal overlap

June 18th, 20151837 By George Psyllides LAWMAKERS want the government to explain why there were no apparent plans to scrap two authorities whose powers would be supposedly taken over by a new administrative court. The issue emerged on Wednesday, after MPs were told that the creation of the administrative court, designed to relieve the Supreme...
Administrative court ‘up and running by September' News in Brief

Administrative court ‘up and running by September'

March 18th, 20151461 The new administrative court should be up and running by September, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Wednesday during a meeting of the House legal affairs committee. The legal framework for the creation of the court is slated to go to the plenum on April 2, he said, after final modifications at committee level on March...
Courts inundated with appeals tied to bailout terms Cyprus

Courts inundated with appeals tied to bailout terms

June 21st, 20141204 By Angelos Anastasiou COURTS were inundated in 2013 with four times as many appeals as in other years, with the bulk related to government decisions on implementing the bailout agreement with the Troika, lawmakers were told by justice ministry officials. In a letter responding to AKEL deputy Aristos Damianou’s question, acting...
New court will cut time for tax appeals by one third Cyprus

New court will cut time for tax appeals by one third

February 19th, 20141227 The new administrative court, which is expected to start work in September will cut tax appeal case times by one third, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a session of the House legal Affairs Committee, Nicolaou said there were currently 5,000 pending tax appeals clogging up the current court system,...
New court to lighten Supreme case load Cyprus

New court to lighten Supreme case load

February 13th, 20141222 By George Psyllides A NEW court that is expected to help speed up the dispensation of justice at a higher level is expected to be up and running in September, lawmakers heard yesterday. The House Legal Affairs Committee started discussion of a bill creating an administrative court, which will take over a considerable workload from...
Green light for administrative court Cyprus

Green light for administrative court

January 23rd, 20141347 The cabinet on Thursday approved a bill for the creation of an administrative court that has been demanded by lawyers and other professional groups for years and is expected to speed up judicial procedures. The decision means that the constitution will be amended to afford the new court authority currently held by the Supreme Court...
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