Supreme court reserves judgement on civil service pay cuts
The core of civil servants’ salaries had not been affected by an austerity drive in 2012 nor was their standard of living, the state argued...
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Supreme court to hear public servants’ pay-cuts appeal on Friday
The supreme court will on Friday hear opening statements in an appeal filed by the state against a lower court’s decision to retroactively reimburse civil...
Court upholds demolition order for private Paphos chapel
THE Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the demolition of a chapel in Paphos built by a man on private land as an offering...
Anastasiades says government implementing radical justice reforms
“We are fully aware of the problems that persist in the judicial system and that is why we are rapidly implementing our radical reform programme,”...
Minister warns against reinstating public sector pay cuts
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Saturday the economy would seriously suffer if the supreme court issues a decision to restore civil service salaries immediately...
Supreme Court won’t vote on contentious bills until next year
The supreme court on Tuesday set March 3, 2020 as the date on which it will hear arguments for and against the president’s veto of...
Cabinet approves a school for judges as part of justice system reform
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a school for judges, which is part of the government’s bid to reform the island’s justice system....
Supreme court to convene on foreclosures on September 24
The supreme court will convene on September 24 to deal with three pieces of legislation on foreclosures that the president vetoed. The bills in question...
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...
Our View: President should let Supreme Court decide on foreclosures
HAVING had the big dangers posed to the banking sector and the economy by the foreclosures bills clearly explained to them by the finance minister...
Supreme Court full bench to judge civil servants pay appeal in Sept
The supreme court will sit for the state’s appeals against the administrative court’s decisions on civil service salaries on September 30, it emerged on Tuesday....
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...
‘If we recuse so many judges there won’t be enough left’
Citing the rule of necessity, the supreme court on Tuesday rejected motions requesting the recusal of several of its members from adjudicating the state’s appeals...
Supreme court overturns manslaughter verdict in Limassol killings, cites premeditation
The supreme court on Wednesday accepted the attorney-general’s appeal against the initial decision of the Limassol criminal court which ruled that the killing of three...
Over half of Supreme Court judges could be excluded from state appeal
Over half the judges sitting on the full bench of the supreme court be excluded from hearing the state’s appeal against an earlier court ruling...
Dangerous Tala complex may be demolished sooner than court ruling provides
FOLLOWING a Supreme Court decision ordering the developer of an abandoned and structurally dangerous residential complex that is sliding down a hillside in Tala, to...
Top court censures AG in BoC case (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Friday censured Attorney-general Costas Clerides for abuse of process in a ruling rejecting the state’s appeal against the acquittal of two...
Supreme court full bench to judge pay cut appeals
The full bench of the supreme court will on June 10 start hearing the state’s appeals against three recent administrative court decisions that reversed civil...
Supreme court opens hearings into civil servants’ pay cuts
The supreme court on Monday held its first hearing on the appeals filed by the state against three administrative court decisions reversing civil servants’ pay...
President raises issue of EEZ with EU supreme court judges
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday raised the issue of Turkey’s violation of international law in the Cyprus EEZ with representatives of the network of the...
