Deal signed for metal detectors at courts
A seven-year contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of a metal and radiocommunication detector system at courts across the island worth more than €1...
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Culinary students protest, oppose Filoxenia being turned into a court
The students’ union of the Higher Hotel Institute (HHIC) demonstrated on Tuesday demanding the government rethinks its decision to convert the Filoxenia conference centre into...
GC driver who killed a pedestrian released on bond but must stay in the north
A Greek Cypriot driver who accidentally killed a Turkish Cypriot pedestrian named Hüseyin Aşık on the Kyrenia-Morphou road on October 11 has been released on...
Greek Cypriot driver held in north after hitting and killing pedestrian
A Greek Cypriot aged 59, was remanded into custody for three days by a court in the north on Saturday after he hit and killed...
Arrested mother and daughter freed by court in the north (Update 2)
The mother and daughter arrested on Sunday for taking photos in Morphou have been freed, authorities in the north announced. They reportedly appeared before a...
Our View: Delays in justice will not be overcome until number of cases drops
A circular sent to the presidents of the different courts by President of the Supreme Court Myron Nikolatos comes as the latest initiative to tackle...
Lawyer in Napa rape case quits (Updated)
The lawyer of a British woman, 19, who claimed she had been forced by police to withdraw a gang-rape complaint has quit over disagreements with...
British woman’s lawyer says disseminating sex video was a worse offence (Updated)
The lawyer for a British woman 19, has allegedly falsely claimed that 12 Israeli tourists gang-raped her said on Tuesday the dissemination of the video...
Clerides: respect the office of the AG or face the consequences
Costas Clerides warned on Thursday that he would take measures against anyone insulting the office of the Attorney-general after being called “a disgrace” to the...
Top lawyer calls AG ‘a disgrace’ during courtroom spat (update 2)
By Evie Andreou Attorney-general Costas Clerides and lawyer Polys Polyviou clashed again in the courtroom on Wednesday with the latter calling the former “a disgrace”...
Judges cannot sit in judgment in their own cause
By Alper Ali Riza THERE is no such beast as the law of necessity in constitutional law. What the common law and human rights law...
House passes law to safeguard protected witnesses
Two significant amendments were approved by the plenum on Friday allowing courts to collect statements from protected witnesses in a different room than the courtroom...
Cyprus has not fully complied with any Greco recommendation
Cyprus was among countries that have not fully complied with any of the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco)...
Deaths in custody of court and courtroom
Deaths in police custody happen frequently but deaths in the custody of the courtroom are not supposed to happen at all. Former Egyptian President Mohamed...
Res judicata created by specific performance
By George Coucounis “THE ISSUE of an order for specific performance prevents the vendor from raising an objection for the transfer of the property” THE...
Cyprus court rejects Russia extradition for Israeli organ trafficker
A Cyprus court has rejected a request by Russian authorities to extradite Israeli national Moshe Harel, 70, who was arrested upon his arrival to the...
Greek Cypriot fugitive remanded for seven days
A Greek Cypriot fugitive caught in the north with a pair of Turkish Cypriots alleged associates was remanded in custody for seven days on Friday,...
Drugs defendants acquitted after evidence burns in court fire, state to appeal (updt)
The state will appeal a criminal court decision to acquit two defendants charged with drugs trafficking offences after the evidence in the case was destroyed...
Supreme Court rejects Astrasol appeal over Latsia cancer cluster
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the attorney-general and Astrasol over the company’s responsibility for creating a cancer cluster in the...
Greek suspect in multiple crimes appears in court
Under strict security measures including armed police officers wearing bulletproof vests, a 30-year old man who was arrested on Friday was escorted to a Paphos...
