Supreme Court rules against appeal over fatal traffic accident
The supreme court has ruled against a 60-year-old appealing a prison sentence imposed on him for causing the death of a young man in a...
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Anastasiades hints aides might take case to Supreme Court
After saying he would not veto a budget amendment that would see the dismissal of four presidential aides, President Nicos Anastasiades signalled on Thursday that...
Supreme Court rejects notion judges are not objective
The supreme court on Monday categorically rejected the notion that judges in Cyprus are not objective, and cited the findings of European institutions to back...
Our View: Personal data protection stymies fight against crime
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides was perfectly justified in expressing his disappointment over last month’s Supreme Court decision that retaining customer data for six months by telecommunications...
Diko MP loses appeal in ex-minister’s defamation case
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Diko MP Zaharias Koulias against a lower court decision to award a former minister €25,000 in damages...
New court bill delayed after Supreme Court objection
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...
Police, AG to review next steps after phone data decision
The chief of police said on Thursday that a Supreme Court decision that retention of customer data by telephone providers for six months is illegal...
Phone data retention illegal, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court has curtailed the ability of the police to combat crime after it decided that the retention of customer data by telephone providers...
Court rules unconstitutional MPs’ push to delay evictions
The Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional a bill approved by parliament extending a moratorium on tenant evictions due to the pandemic. The decision essentially...
Supreme Court rejects prisoners’ appeal over search of wing
The Supreme Court has rejected a request by 54 prisoners for permission to file a motion to cancel a search warrant of their wing executed...
Demo in support of woman convicted of lying in Napa rape case (Updated)
Women’s organisations held a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday morning in solidarity with a British woman who had convicted of lying about being...
Appeal against conviction of British teen in Napa rape case heard by top court (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its decision on whether to uphold or remove the conviction of a young British woman who was handed a...
Supreme Court grants appeal rights to four suspects in Dias attack
The supreme court has granted four applicants permission to file an appeal against the arrest warrants used by the police to detain them in connection...
Even Adam and Eve were awarded the right to be heard
By overturning a sham marriage decision this week, the Supreme Court proved itself independent of the executive in an area of law where the latter...
September appeal hearing for British teen in Napa rape case
An appeal hearing in the case of the British teenager found guilty of public mischief after reporting a gang rape in July 2019 will be...
Supreme Court overturns sham marriage decision (Updated)
By Stavros Nikolaou The Supreme Court has overturned a decision by the migration department which had ruled that a couple’s marriage was a sham. The...
Supreme court rejects sentence reduction for child rapist
The supreme court has rejected an appeal to reduce the sentence of a man found guilty of sexually abusing a six-year-old child. The accused was...
Top court rejects man’s appeal over sexual abuse sentence
By Stavros Nikolaou The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to overturn the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually abusing a woman when...
Rapist’s sentence increased by four years
The supreme court on Tuesday raised the prison sentence of a rapist from eight to 12 years, upholding a state appeal. The man had been...
Supreme Court throws out Al Jazeera case
The supreme court has rejected a request by international broadcaster Al Jazeera to file for prerogative writs cancelling three injunctions secured by former House president...
