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On 21 February 2024, the General Court of the European Union delivered its much-anticipated judgement in Papouis Dairies and Others v. Commission (T-361/21).

Exploring the related issues we had indicated that our firm had launched legal proceedings against, among others, a nominee shareholder unwilling to co-operate with the beneficial owners...

On August 27, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted FBME's motion for a preliminary injunction and enjoined the Final Rule from taking effect.

A foreign judgment or an arbitral award has no immediate effect in Cyprus. A procedure must be followed in order to enforce the foreign judgment.

There has been a growing debate worldwide lately regarding the development and use of new technologies in most professional fields, including the field of administration of justice.

Assessing credibility is a delicate and complex task which courts undertake every time they are called upon to deliver a judgment.

A Statutory Demand Letter, is a form of claim against a Company, that serves as a formal demand of the payment of amounts owed to any person by the Company.

Cyprus introduces significant reforms to its out-of-court financial dispute resolution framework through Law 87(I)/2026, establishing binding decisions by the Financial Ombudsman for monetary compensations up to €20,000. The amendments strengthen debtor protections during mortgaged property disposal procedures while maintaining judicial review rights and introducing new timelines for complaint submissions and debt restructuring negotiations.

On the 15th January 2021 the Official Cyprus Government Gazette published procedural

In criminal cases, accusations of wrongdoing can arise even when the accused had no intent to commit a crime. Misunderstandings, procedural errors, or even malicious actions by others can lead to charges, such as those involving false declarations under oath.

The recognition and enforcement of judgements between European Member States is governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU) no. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 ...

On 18 April 2018 the Supreme Court issued a judgment that interpreted the meaning of the term 'completion of the pleadings' as the start of the time limit for issuing an application for directions in accordance with Order 30 of the Civil Procedure Rules (For further details please see "Supreme Court disapproves strict interpretation of Order 30 of Civil Procedure Rules").

The Supreme Court recently overturned a first-instance court's decision to reject a request to amend a statement of claim under Rule 25 of the Civil Procedure Rules on the grounds that the amendment amounted to a new cause of action.

The landmark case TSB Private Bank International SA vs. Chabra [1992] 1 WLR 231, established what we now refer to as 'Chabra jurisdiction'. This case involved TSB (the claimant bank) and Mr. Chabra (the defendant).

Article 155. 4 of the Constitution provides exclusive jurisdiction to the Supreme Court to issue prerogative writs including certiorari and prohibition.

On May 2 2018 the Supreme Court of Cyprus found that the Cyprus courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate cases relating to claims arising in the Cyprus exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The financial crisis in Cyprus resulted among others in the introduction of the Insolvency Framework, comprising of a package of six bills of legislation that came into force on the 07/05/2015.