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In an attempt to speed up the administration of justice and become more efficient, the Supreme Court has made a number of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules in particular Rules 25 and 30...

Commentary surrounding the introduction of the new Civil Procedure Rules (‘'CPRs'') in Cyprus this September has tended to focus on the extended powers of courts as a result of the rules.

On 17/02/2021, the Court of Appeal in Civ.App. 373/2019 overruled the decision of the Court of First Instance

Protection by means of preemptive defensive measures in litigation is an area of particular interest.

The key changes effected by the Recast Regulation include jurisdiction agreements; the lis pendens rule; arbitration-related court actions and the abolition of exequatur.

In an article in the October 2016 edition of the European Law Review, Constantinos Lycourgos, a Judge of the European Court of Justice...

A recent criminal appeal before the Supreme Court outlines the principles to be followed in sentencing offenders.

During the past years English courts have been willing to interpret clauses as giving exclusive jurisdiction to the English courts...

The case concerned a Claimant's application to the Supreme Court for a Certiorari order against a decision of the District Court of Pafos.

In 2010 the BVI Commercial Court ruled that claimants could seek Black Swan freestanding freezing injunctions in the BVI, in support of foreign substantive proceedings, ...

Procedural Succession is a crucial element in Cypriot litigation, particularly in financial and commercial disputes across multiple jurisdictions.

Article 146 of the Constitution gives the Supreme Constitutional Court exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any complaint that a decision, act or omission of any organ, authority or person, exercising any executive or administrative authority, is contrary to the Constitution or law, or is made in excess or abuse of powers vested in such organ, authority or person.

And thirdly, it is directed to saving the extra expense which would be involved by two independent actions.

The legal landscape for expert evidence has undergone an important transformation with the introduction of the new Civil Procedure Rules 2023.

In Cyprus, as in most jurisdictions, a defendant in litigation which fears that the claimant may be unable to satisfy costs orders made against it can apply to the court for a security for costs order.

A judgment of the Supervisory Court of the seat of the arbitration, on the validity, finality and enforceability of an arbitral award, has a final and binding effect upon the parties, their privies

The Mareva Injunction is an injunction that freezes assets and restricts the owner of the assets from dealing with or removing the assets before a judgment against the owner has been made.

In certain circumstances, Cypriot Courts in civil proceedings may order the claimant to provide financial security for the legal costs that may be awarded...