#Judicial reform

Reform of the legal service and delays in judicial proceedings came under scrutiny on Wednesday as the House institutions committee examined the European Commission’s report on the rule of ...

The north’s supreme court’s chief justice Bertan Ozerdag on Sunday renewed his call for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to the ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday suggested that a referendum on a four-point judicial reform package could be held in the first week of May. He made ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Wednesday questioned whether the Supreme Court should be assigned the responsibility of reviewing decisions taken by future attorneys-general, as has been provided for in a bill ...

The north’s supreme court and the Cyprus Turkish bar association have issued a joint demand for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to ...

There are currently 126 pending complaints against lawyers in Cyprus out of 1,035 inherited by the current disciplinary board of the Cyprus Bar Association three years ago, attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said parliament’s decision to trim Supreme Court powers to overrule government actions as part of his planned judicial overhaul would not hurt Israel’s ...

Digitisation long overdue for Cyprus justice system Proper reforms are needed to ensure justice is properly served in Cyprus, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said on Tuesday, ahead of ...

The justice reform in Cyprus is currently focusing on speeding up the adjudication of backlogged cases and simplifying procedures, Justice Minister Anna Prokopiou said during the second day of the ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou hailed on Wednesday another important step towards judicial reform as she received the study for the establishment of the courts service. “The progress achieved so far ...

The highly touted two additional supreme courts envisioned within the justice reform package passed in summer – and aimed at speeding up the snail’s pace rate of court cases – are ...

The backlog of court cases is expected to improve within four to five years, once relevant legislative reforms have been implemented, President of the Supreme Court, Antonis Latsios, said on ...

The challenges and achievements within the legal profession took centre stage on Wednesday as head of the bar association Christos Clerides said that he was proud of the body’s ...

Former judges and cabinet ministers on Friday hailed the amendment of the constitution to allow for what they deemed faster and high-quality justice to prevail, but noted that this should ...

The long-awaited justice reform bills are set to be discussed in parliament on June 30, with the head of the house legal committee vowing that the bills will modernise the legal ...

A major holistic overhaul of the island’s judiciary must be completed immediately in light of the data presented in the 2022 EU Justice Scoreboard, which placed Cyprus last in Europe ...

MPs must vote through bills on judicial reform tabled by the justice ministry or risk a total collapse of the judicial system, officials said on Wednesday as the House legal ...

The justice system in Cyprus is at breaking point, MPs in the House legal affairs committee agreed on Wednesday while discussing three amended bills aimed at judicial reform tabled by ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that the justice system faces imminent collapse unless a reform drive goes through now as a broad meeting of stakeholders was held at the ...

The president of the Supreme Court said Monday a way should have been found to speed up the dispensation of justice, as close to 25,000 cases were delayed for over two ...

Parties involved were trying to find common ground Monday to overcome certain sticking points delaying the much-needed justice reform, as Justice Minister Stephie Dracou reiterated that the current system could ...

The Supreme Court has expressed disagreement with a government bill creating a commercial court and an admiralty court because it did not provide for them to be two distinct entities, ...

The Cyprus Bar Association on Monday presented its work covering the past year, which focused on issues such as the urgent need for the passing of the judicial reform bills ...

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 ...