Significant judicial reforms a step closer, top judge says
Supreme Court President Persefoni Panayi expressed optimism that a set of proposed rules for civil procedure (RCP), officially submitted on Thursday, would bring significant changes...
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Protecting the estate of an incapable person
Supreme Court rules that negligent administrator must be replaced By George Tsardellis and Kriton Dionysiou ON October 6, 2020 the Supreme Court of Cyprus upheld...
President pledges to punish those involved in corruption
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday expressed his political will and determination, as well as that of the government, to take further measures to punish those...
Woman appointed as supreme court president
President Nicos Anastasiades has appointed Persefoni Panayi Cleanthous as the new supreme court president, it was announced on Monday. Cleanthous will succeed Stelios Nathanael who...
Top court’s decision to vacate MP seat could cause institutional clash
The newly elected head of the Bar Association suggested Friday that a decision by the supreme court to vacate a parliamentary seat the previous day...
Solidarity MP loses seat after new supreme court ruling
One year after he was sworn in as MP following a protracted legal process that started in May 2016, Solidarity’s Giorgos Papadopoulos lost his seat...
Greek president hopes CMP’s work will accelerate, visits lab, court and museum
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday said she hoped the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) would accelerate, so that relatives could have...
Deadline for asylum appeals cut from 75 to 15 days
Parliament on Friday amended the constitution to allow for a reduction in the time limit for filing appeals against the decisions of the asylum service...
Turkish Cypriots determined to go to supreme court over nationality issue
A coalition of Turkish Cypriot trade unions have stated their intent to take recourse to the supreme court in the Republic to pursue a demand...
Supreme court rejects notion of unfair treatment for judge applicants (updated)
The supreme court on Friday rejected suggestions the council currently in charge of appointing and promoting judges discouraged people from applying for a position because...
Syrian national loses third asylum appeal due to suspected Isis links
A Syrian national who has been held at the Menoyia detention centre for around a year, this week saw his appeal for release rejected by...
Lawyers call for changes to judge appointment procedures
The council currently in charge of appointing judges discourages people from applying for a position because they think they will not be treated fairly, the...
Supreme court vital for judicial reform says minister
The supreme court is one of government’s essential partners in efforts to reform the judicial system, Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday. He was...
New president of the Supreme Court appointed (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday appointed Supreme Court Judge Stelios Nathanael, 67, as the new President of the Supreme Court. Judge Nathanael succeeds Judge Myron...
Government says it respects court decision on disputed foreclosure bills
The government said Thursday it fully respected the supreme court decisions on three bills referred to it by the president, including one that has an...
Supreme court backs House over foreclosure bills (Updated)
The supreme court full bench on Wednesday ruled that two bills passed relating to foreclosures were constitutional while a third on bank contract clauses was...
Supreme court orders extradition of Hezbollah suspect to US
The supreme court on Friday ordered the extradition of a man with links to a terrorist organisation wanted by the USA for money laundering. The...
Coronavirus: court registrars to open from May 4
The supreme court decided Thursday to reopen court registrars from May 4 to let people submit lawsuits, criminal cases, applications and get sworn statements. Courts...
The protection of a non-existent right is unachievable
YOU ARE probably aware that the decision of the supreme court on the constitutionality of the law by which the salaries in the public sector...
Coroanvirus: Supreme court to use summer to catch up on delayed cases
The supreme court decided on Tuesday to schedule hearings during the summer in a bid to catch up with the cases that have been delayed...
