I’m not overstepping my duties, auditor tells president (Updated)
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
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After partiality claims, top court adopts strict code of conduct
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
Code of conduct to be issued governing recusal of judges
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
AG and supreme court president cross swords at House (Updated)
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
Government says it cannot interfere in supreme court wrangle
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
Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign
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Court President Myron Nicolatos should not resign but he conceded the judicial system needed an overhaul given some outdated
Our View: If only our judges were capable of showing humility
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
Supreme court has power to rescind and reverse injustice
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
Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case
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
BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V)
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
BoC: nothing unusual in supreme-court link to out-of-court settlement
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
Supreme court fracas focuses on its president
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
Our View: Cyprus judges labour under the illusion they are untouchable
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
AG speaks out on brother’s allegations (updated)
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
Lawyer censured for ‘twisted picture’ of supreme court (Update2)
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,
AG’s brother spins web of alleged judicial duplicity
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
Man who shot dead his son, 19, has prison sentence raised
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
AG’s brother summoned by Bar to substantiate supreme court slur
The brother of the attorney-general has been summoned by the Bar Association to substantiate his allegations that the supreme court has been captured by a
AG’s brother ‘must substantiate claim that supreme court controlled by law firm’
By George Psyllides THE brother of the attorney-general must substantiate accusations that the supreme court was controlled by a prominent law firm or else withdraw
US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fractures three ribs in fall
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Thursday after she fell in her office at the court the night before, fracturing three ribs,