Recent court cases have raised questions about the Cyprus justice system with a recent survey among Limassol-based lawyers highlighting their views on a number of key questions.
The government is determined to introduce radical reforms to the justice system to do away with lengthy delays and restore confidence among quality investors turned-off by the legal labyrinth.
Former ECHR judge has charged that corruption has crept into the Cyprus justice system casting doubt over certain decisions; the judiciary is lacking knowledge, impartiality, and self-awareness.
A civil action in the UK against the infamous Gary Robb has resulted in some £1.6 million of his assets being frozen and £1.3 million returned to 57 of the victims of a property scam in north Cyprus.
Although the Bar Association's Disciplinary Board ordered a Paphos-based lawyer to repay her client €7,500, it appears that the Board is either unable or unwilling to enforce the order.
The European Commission has referred Cyprus to the European Court of Justice for non-compliance with European Union Treaty rules on the free movement of capital in respect of unrestricted access to buy a second home in Cyprus.
An article in today’s Sunday Mail Opinion column questions whether the Cypriot authorities have left it too late to repair the damage that has been done to the Island's image abroad.
The media in Cyprus and the UK reported on Conor O’Dwyer’s one-man protest outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia. Mr O’Dwyer has now returned to the UK and has sent us the following letter.
Following the landmark ruling by the by the Cyprus Supreme Court, Muriel Beaumont gives her account of the couple’s long road to justice in the Cyprus Mail.
