Posts tagged with "Supreme Court"

Supreme court upholds newspaper gagging order Cyprus

Supreme court upholds newspaper gagging order

March 21st, 20191457 The supreme court on Thursday rejected an appeal by daily newspaper Politis against an injunction forbidding it from publishing the emails of a senior state attorney whose account had been hacked in 2017 and dumped online. The case concerns published emails that showed Eleni Loizidou’s excessive zeal in pursuing extradition requests...
Supreme Court ruling leaves contested House seat up in air Cyprus

Supreme Court ruling leaves contested House seat up in air

March 19th, 20191566 The supreme court on Tuesday ruled as unconstitutional a law passed by opposition parties last year in a bid to fill a disputed parliamentary seat following an appeal filed by another candidate shortly after the 2016 elections. It was the third time the supreme court has dealt with the issue of the 56th seat as it became known – the...
Supreme court upholds acquittal of Paphos developer Cyprus

Supreme court upholds acquittal of Paphos developer

March 18th, 20192518 The supreme court on Monday rejected a state appeal against the acquittal by the Paphos criminal court of developer Theodoros Aristodemou, his wife, and two others, in connection with a land development project in Skali, Paphos. The four had been acquitted of charges in July 2015 but the attorney-general had filed an...
Attorney-general denies denigrating judiciary Cyprus

Attorney-general denies denigrating judiciary

March 13th, 20191117 Attorney-general Costas Clerides denied on Wednesday that he had ever disrespected the judiciary and its officers during a public spat earlier this year that eventually led to changes in the operation of the supreme court. Clerides was responding to a motion filed by lawyer Chris Triantafillides at the supreme court asking it to...
BoC trial postponed pending appeal of former execs’ acquittal Cyprus

BoC trial postponed pending appeal of former execs’ acquittal

March 4th, 20191523 Following a motion by state prosecutors, Nicosia criminal court on Monday again adjourned the proceedings in the third case against Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and senior executives. The court postponed the trial until April 18, granting a request by attorney-general Costas Clerides - who appeared personally - for an adjournment pending the...
Embattled judge recuses himself from BoC appeal Cyprus

Embattled judge recuses himself from BoC appeal

February 28th, 20191677 President of the supreme court Myron Nicolatos  on Thursday recused himself from the panel of judges hearing the state’s appeal against the acquittal of two former Bank of Cyprus officials. Nicolatos announced he would be stepping down from the proceedings, being adjudicated before the supreme court, after attorney-general Costas...
Supreme Court reserves judgment in Eleni Loizidou emails case Cyprus

Supreme Court reserves judgment in Eleni Loizidou emails case

February 25th, 20191581 The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would reserve its ruling to the appeal filed by daily Politis against an injunction forbidding it from publishing contents from the email account of state attorney Eleni Loizidou whose work emails were hacked in 2017 and published online. The case concerns published emails that showed...
Supreme court rejects murder suspect’s bid for case review Crime

Supreme court rejects murder suspect’s bid for case review

February 20th, 20191350 The supreme court on Wednesday rejected a bid by a double murder defendant to have a judicial review of his case claiming his human rights had been violated. Loizos Tzionis, 33, claimed his right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence had been compromised and had asked the supreme court to approve submission of a motion to...
I’m not overstepping my duties, auditor tells president (Updated) Cyprus

I’m not overstepping my duties, auditor tells president (Updated)

February 18th, 20191502 Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Monday the president could seek legal recourse if he thought he was overstepping his authority during the execution of his duties after Nicos Anastasiades suggested he went beyond the scope defined by the constitution. In a tweet on Monday, Michaelides said he fully respected the...
After partiality claims, top court adopts strict code of conduct Cyprus

After partiality claims, top court adopts strict code of conduct

January 30th, 20191449 The supreme court announced on Wednesday it has adopted a code of conduct to apply the strictest standards of judicial disqualification or recusal. The move followed recent allegations that raised serious questions regarding the impartiality of supreme court judges and its president, Myronas Nikolatos. “Systematisation of the...
Code of conduct to be issued governing recusal of judges Cyprus

Code of conduct to be issued governing recusal of judges

January 24th, 20191585 The supreme court will be issuing a new code of conduct governing the recusal of judges, it was announced on Thursday after a brainstorming session held at the presidential palace. At the meeting, supreme court president Myron Nicolatos informed president Nicos Anastasiades that they are preparing a code of conduct relating to the...
AG and supreme court president cross swords at House (Updated) Cyprus

AG and supreme court president cross swords at House (Updated)

January 23rd, 20191954 By George Psyllides and Evie Andreou Heated exchanges between former friends, the attorney-general and the president of the supreme court, marked Wednesday’s parliamentary discussion on recent revelations within the justice system, with the latter official also turning on the media accusing them of staging public trials and...
Government says it cannot interfere in supreme court wrangle Cyprus

Government says it cannot interfere in supreme court wrangle

January 21st, 20191705 The government warned anew on Monday that the Cypriot justice system would collapse if it was not overhauled, but it admitted there was little it could do over recent allegations suggesting conflict of interest and possible collusion between one law firm and supreme court judges. Reforming the system has been under discussion for more...
Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign Cyprus

Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign

January 20th, 20192367 Former Attorney-general Alecos Markides believes Supreme Court President Myron Nicolatos should not resign but he conceded the judicial system needed an overhaul given some outdated attitudes that are seen from a different perspective today. Markides, in an interview with Politis, published on Sunday, was commenting on the furore...
Our View: If only our judges were capable of showing humility Opinion

Our View: If only our judges were capable of showing humility

January 20th, 20192390 THIS has not been a good time for the legal establishment. Lawyers, supreme court judges and the attorney-general have turned on each other, questions have been asked about their integrity and honesty and no one has provided convincing answers. Even the Bar Association stepped into the fray trying to assure everyone that the...
Supreme court has power to rescind and reverse injustice Opinion

Supreme court has power to rescind and reverse injustice

January 20th, 20192433 By Alper Ali Riza There is no reason in logic, precedent or principle why a decision of a final court of appeal should not be rescinded if it is necessary to correct an injustice caused by the court itself. Provided an unfair decision is not the fault of the parties to an appeal, a final court of appeal can rescind its own decision...
Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case Cyprus

Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case

January 19th, 20191863 Attorney-general Costas Clerides has criticised as ‘hopeless’ a headline in daily Politis on Saturday, after the newspaper said he had long been aware supreme court president Myron Nicolatos had settled cases involving his daughter and sister out of court. “Unfortunately, in the hopeless effort of some to justify the...
BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V) Cyprus

BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V)

January 19th, 20193890 John Hourican, the Bank of Cyprus’ CEO, said on Saturday he was outraged over allegations the bank has given preferential treatment to individuals with high-level positions in society, following the recent dispute over the president of the supreme court Myron Nicolatos, whose sister and daughter got out-of-court settlements with Bank...
BoC: nothing unusual in supreme-court link to out-of-court settlement Cyprus

BoC: nothing unusual in supreme-court link to out-of-court settlement

January 18th, 20192897 BANK of Cyprus reaches out-of-court settlements in hundreds of lawsuits brought against it, and there is therefore nothing unusual about the case involving relatives of the president of the supreme court, the lender said on Thursday. Bank sources were commenting on the furore surrounding revelations that the daughter and sister of...
Supreme court fracas focuses on its president Cyprus

Supreme court fracas focuses on its president

January 16th, 20192293 The House ethics committee said Wednesday it will be discussing the dispute that has broken out in the justice system after serious accusations concerning conflict of interest among supreme court judges, including its president Myron Nicolatos, who has been fending off calls for his resignation. Akel MP Irini Charalambidou, who wrote...
Our View: Cyprus judges labour under the illusion they are untouchable Our View

Our View: Cyprus judges labour under the illusion they are untouchable

January 16th, 20193561 Everyone has now had their say about last week’s revelations of conflict of interest at the supreme court. Despite the supreme court judges’ protestations of impartiality and their rejection of claims about links with the Chrysafinis and Polyviou law office the facts contained in the letter written by lawyer Nicos Clerides and sent...
AG speaks out on brother’s allegations  (updated) Cyprus

AG speaks out on brother’s allegations  (updated)

January 15th, 20192516 In two of the three criminal cases adjudged in favour of Bank of Cyprus, a fundamental ingredient of justice was not upheld, namely the absence of the appearance of bias, Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday. The AG finally broke his silence amid a maelstrom raging over his brother’s public allegations that the supreme...
Lawyer censured for ‘twisted picture’ of supreme court (Update2) Cyprus

Lawyer censured for ‘twisted picture’ of supreme court (Update2)

January 14th, 20193045 By George Psyllides and Elias Hazou   A law firm accused of having an incestuous connection with the island’s supreme court, fought back on Monday, rejecting the allegations as unfounded and slanderous. The firm’s attack on lawyer Nicos Clerides, who made the allegations, was also supported by the supreme court itself...
AG’s brother spins web of alleged judicial duplicity Cyprus

AG’s brother spins web of alleged judicial duplicity

January 12th, 20193139 Nicos Clerides, brother of the attorney-general, has written a letter to the Bar Association making some astonishing claims regarding the connections between a prominent law firm and the Supreme Court among others. Clerides, a lawyer himself, wrote the lengthy and detailed letter concerning the Chrysafinis and Polyviou law office...
Man who shot dead his son, 19, has prison sentence raised Crime

Man who shot dead his son, 19, has prison sentence raised

January 11th, 20193532 The supreme court on Friday raised the prison sentence of a man who killed his son from 10 to 15 years, finding it was inadequate under the circumstances. Timoleon Themistocleous, 73, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for shooting dead his 19-year-old son Odysseas with a hunting shotgun during a heated argument over the use of a car...
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