Only Completed Actions Are Subject To Administrative Review

A recent case has affirmed the principle that only completed actions can be subject to administrative review, and that an applicant must possess a legitimate interest at three crucial stages in order to pursue an action in the Administrative Court.

Facts

Sotos Savvas v Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC)(1) concerned a complaint that a third party had been promoted unfairly in preference to other applicants. However, the applicant filed his action before the third party had accepted the promotion, so that when the action was filed there was no promotion to complain about. The Administrative Court therefore dismissed the first of the six joined cases as premature and stated that the action at issue should have been completed in order for the court to review the case.