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Cyprus Forum panel moderation on ‘EU Parliament Elections: Why Voting Matters?’ by Georgina Athanasiou
Our Partner, Georgina Athanasiou, moderated an insightful panel discussion on ‘EU Parliament Elections: Why Voting Matters?’ at the Cyprus Forum 2023.
European Arrest Warrant and the Fundamental Rights of the Requested Persons
Our partner, Georgina Athanasiou, writes in the Cyprus Law Review’s 1st issue of January-April 2023 titled: ‘European Arrest Warrant and the Fundamental Rights of the Requested Persons’
By Georgina Athanasiou
Cyprus prepares for widespread local government reform
One year ahead of the implementation of a widespread local government reform in Cyprus, various streams of work are already running in parallel so that the municipal legislation is ready to support the new structure.
Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition issues new regulations on leniency programme
The Commission for the Protection of Competition of Cyprus announced that it has issued new regulations governing the leniency rules applicable in cartels and restrictive collusion arrangements in Cyprus.
The forthcoming amendment of the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Act 1972 (86/1972)
The European Parliament and the Council on 24 November 2021 adopted the Directive (EU) 2021/2118 aiming to modernise and amend the Directive 2009/103/EC relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of - Read More...
Cyprus enacts interim fast track civil procedure for delayed cases
The Supreme Courts of Cyprus, exercising constitutional powers and having regard to the extensive delays in the adjudication of civil cases before District Courts in Cyprus, has enacted an interim fast track civil procedure for - Read More...
CASE OF LIU v. POLAND
On 6 October, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) unanimously found that the extradition of a Taiwanese national to China, which Poland’s courts had cleared earlier, would place him at significant risk of ill-treatment, - Read More...
Medical negligence case study GA v Dr AP
The court’s verdict was that there was medical negligence, due to which the plaintiff suffered an everlasting serious bodily injury but did not award damages for future wage loss.
Conference on “Unleashing the powers of the next day”
The European initiative Rechance Project by the Center for Social Innovation – CSI and the European University Cyprus organise a conference on “Unleashing the powers of the next day” for a more holistic social inclusion - Read More...
Third State convictions executed in EU Member States subject to an EAW
Article 4(7)(b) deals with extra-territorial offences, and allows an executing state to refuse execution where the offence is committed out with the territory of the issuing state and the executing state does not allow prosecution - Read More...
Ne bis in idem in non-EU (“third”) states-Case Update-Criteria to refuse execution of European Arrest Warrant
CJEU clarification in relation to the scope of the Ne Bis in Idem principle in third-country sentences. The CJEU gave its judgment[1] in relation to the interpretation of article 4(5) of the Framework Decision on - Read More...
Frontiers in Civil Justice: Privatisation, Monetisation, and Digitisation
Edward Elgar Publishing has just published a new book on “Frontiers in Civil Justice: Privatisation, Monetisation, and Digitisation”.
By Nicolas Kyriakides